Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Badulla

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1917		Born	Polgahawela
23 Dec 1942	25.1	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
10 Feb 1950	32.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
2 Jul 1959	41.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
3 Oct 1959	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
18 Dec 1972	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
24 Feb 1973	55.2	Installed	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
28 May 1982	64.5	Died	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 32.3 years
a bishop for 22.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †
Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † (1959)
Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. † (1936)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony de Saram †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1959, Number 83
prof/i: Website of the Diocese, 19 Aug 2012

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