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Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
30 Jul 1981 Bishop Thomas Emmanuel SavundaranayagamBishop Emeritus of Jaffna
7 May 1983 Bishop Joseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee
21 May 1983 Bishop Joseph Vianney FernandoBishop Emeritus of Kandy
6 Jan 1991 Archbishop Osvaldo Montecillo PadillaApostolic Nuncio
31 Aug 1991 Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige DonArchbishop of Colombo
14 Jun 1997 Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.Bishop Emeritus of Badulla
20 Dec 1998 Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nanApostolic Nuncio
25 Sep 1999 Mario Cardinal ZenariApostolic Nuncio to Syria
6 Jan 2003 Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn TốtApostolic Nuncio
18 Mar 2003 Bishop Harold Anthony PereraBishop of Kurunegala
10 Jan 2004 Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.Bishop of Anuradhapura
2 Apr 2005 Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence MendisBishop of Kandy
Most Junior
1 Jun 2024 Bishop Peter Antony Wyman CroosBishop of Ratnapura
2 Mar 2024 Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy JayasuriyaBishop of Chilaw
22 Apr 2023 Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta SilvaBishop of Badulla
29 Aug 2020 Bishop Anton Ranjith PillainayagamAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
23 Jun 2018 Bishop Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton JayakodyAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
28 Nov 2015 Bishop Justin Bernard GnanapragasamBishop of Jaffna
25 Jul 2015 Bishop Christian Noel EmmanuelBishop of Trincomalee
27 Apr 2013 Archbishop Brian UdaigweApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
11 Feb 2012 Bishop Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville SilvaAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
11 Feb 2012 Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel FernandoBishop of Mannar
31 Aug 2011 Bishop Raymond Kingsley WickramasingheBishop of Galle
24 May 2009 Archbishop Joseph SpiteriApostolic Nuncio to México

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