Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam

Bishop of Jaffna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jul 1938		Born	Kayts
21 Dec 1963	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
24 Jan 1981	42.5	Appointed	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
30 Jul 1981	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
6 Jul 1992	54.0	Appointed	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jaffna.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam (1981)
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † (1967)
Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. † (1947)
Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. † (1934)
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Rayappu Joseph
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don
Bishop Harold Anthony Perera

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