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Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando

Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo

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Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Colombo. a priest for years a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by: Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian † Principal Consecrator: Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Anthony de Saram † Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando (1977) Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946) Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931) Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918) Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907) Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884) Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743) Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724) Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest: Bishop Harold Anthony Perera Bishop Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don Bishop Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam Bishop Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena, O.M.I. † Bishop Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage † Bishop Rayappu Joseph Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.