Bishop Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam

Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1948		Born
24 Apr 1974	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
13 Oct 2015	67.4	Appointed	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
28 Nov 2015	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam
Bishop Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam
(born 13 May 1948)
Bishop of Jaffna

Event Place
Birth Place Karampon

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jaffna.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †
Bishop of Jaffna
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam
Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai
Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee
Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando
Bishop of Kandy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † (1967)
Bishop of Jaffna
Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. † (1947)
Bishop of Trincomalee
Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. † (1934)
Bishop of Ranchi
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (2020)
Bishop Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q21133482

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 Oct 2015
c1: CB, 17 Oct 2015
ob: CB, 20 Oct 2015
c2+: CB, 28 Nov 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Number 18,676

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