Bishop Peter Antony Wyman Croos

Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1967		Born
16 Sep 2000	32.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
5 Mar 2024	56.3	Appointed	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
1 Jun 2024	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Peter Antony Wyman Croos
Bishop Peter Antony Wyman Croos
(born 8 Nov 1967)
Bishop of Ratnapura

Event Place
Birth Place Chilaw, Diocese of Chilaw
Ordained Bishop Avissawella, Madola

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ratnapura.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe
Titular Archbishop of Suelli
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis
Bishop of Kandy
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don
Archbishop of Colombo
Bishop Harold Anthony Perera
Bishop of Kurunegala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. † (2007)
Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura
Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando (1983)
Bishop of Kandy
Bishop Appasinghe Paul Perera † (1973)
Bishop Emeritus of Kandy
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q124742428

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 5 Mar 2024
ob: CB, 26 Mar 2024
i: CB, 6 May 2024
c2: CB, 23 May 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Number 21,499

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