Bishop Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Galle

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1924		Born	Niripola
23 Mar 1956	31.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Oct 1982	57.9	Appointed	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
11 Dec 1982	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
1995	70.1	Resigned	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
9 Nov 1995	71.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka

a priest for 39.6 years
a bishop for 12.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage † (1982)
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 Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144

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