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Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
20 Dec 196163.26 Bishop Joseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee
21 Dec 196361.26 Bishop Thomas Emmanuel SavundaranayagamBishop Emeritus of Jaffna
20 Feb 196659.09 Archbishop Osvaldo Montecillo PadillaApostolic Nuncio
21 Dec 196658.26 Bishop Joseph Vianney FernandoBishop Emeritus of Kandy
5 Jul 197054.72 Mario Cardinal ZenariApostolic Nuncio to Syria
27 Mar 197153.99 Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nanApostolic Nuncio
6 Jan 197352.22 Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel FernandoBishop Emeritus of Mannar
4 Aug 197351.64 Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura
24 Mar 197451.00 Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn TốtApostolic Nuncio
24 Apr 197450.92 Bishop Justin Bernard GnanapragasamBishop of Jaffna
29 Jun 197549.74 Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige DonArchbishop of Colombo
6 Sep 197549.55 Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.Bishop Emeritus of Badulla
Most Junior
2 Oct 200123.48 Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta SilvaBishop of Badulla
16 Dec 200024.27 Father Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku KankanamalageSecretary of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Roman Curia
16 Sep 200024.52 Bishop Anton Ranjith PillainayagamAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
16 Sep 200024.52 Bishop Peter Antony Wyman CroosBishop of Ratnapura
9 Aug 199727.62 Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy JayasuriyaBishop of Chilaw
7 Apr 199430.96 Bishop Anthonypillai GnanapragasamBishop of Mannar
2 May 199232.89 Archbishop Brian UdaigweApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
5 Aug 198935.64 Bishop Raymond Kingsley WickramasingheBishop of Galle
21 May 198638.84 Bishop Christian Noel EmmanuelBishop of Trincomalee
3 Aug 198539.64 Father Ivan Tilak JayasunderaPriest of Kandy
27 Jul 198539.66 Bishop Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton JayakodyAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
20 Jul 198539.68 Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence MendisBishop of Kandy

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