Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis

Archbishop of Colombo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1932		Born	Dalugama
3 Feb 1958	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
9 Apr 1968	35.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
9 Apr 1968	35.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mulia
17 Jul 1968	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mulia
2 Nov 1995	62.9	Appointed	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
6 Jul 2002	69.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Ordained Priest by:
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. †
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 Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis (1968)
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)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don
Bishop Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris
Bishop Harold Anthony Perera
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis

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