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Sri Lanka

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained
Bishop		YearsNameCurrent Title
19 Aug 1965 Bishop Frank Marcus FernandoBishop Emeritus of Chilaw
17 Jul 1968 Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman GomisArchbishop of Colombo
21 Nov 1968 Bishop Leo Rajendram AntonyBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
3 Oct 1971 Archbishop Carlo CurisApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Canada
14 May 1977 Archbishop Nicholas Marcus FernandoArchbishop Emeritus of Colombo
30 Jul 1981 Bishop Thomas SavundaranayagamBishop of Jaffna
7 May 1983 Bishop Joseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
21 May 1983 Bishop Joseph Vianney FernandoBishop of Kandy
18 Jul 1987 Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond PeirisBishop of Kurunegala
3 Sep 1988 Archbishop François Robert BacquéApostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
6 Jan 1991 Archbishop Osvaldo PadillaApostolic Nuncio to Korea
31 Aug 1991 Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige DonSecretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia
20 Oct 1992 Bishop Rayappu JosephBishop of Mannar
6 Jan 1993 Bishop Elmo Noel Joseph PereraBishop Emeritus of Galle
14 Jun 1997 Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.Bishop of Badulla
20 Dec 1998 Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nanApostolic Nuncio to Algeria
25 Sep 1999 Archbishop Mario ZenariApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
3 Feb 2001 Bishop Vincent Marius Joseph PeirisAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
18 Mar 2003 Bishop Harold Anthony PereraBishop of Galle
10 Jan 2004 Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.Bishop of Anuradhapura
2 Apr 2005 Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence MendisBishop of Chilaw
11 Jul 2007 Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.Bishop of Ratnapura
24 May 2008 Bishop Joseph PonniahAuxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa

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