Bishop Mohottige Don Nishantha Sagara Jayamanne, S.S.S.

Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jun 1970		Born
13 May 2000	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
16 Dec 2025	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
28 Feb 2026	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Mohottige Don Nishantha Sagara Jayamanne
Bishop Mohottige Don Nishantha Sagara Jayamanne S.S.S.
(born 25 Jun 1970)
Bishop of Anuradhapura

Event Place
Birth Place Bopitiya, Archdiocese of Colombo
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Cathedral, Anuradhapura, Diocese of Anuradhapura

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Anuradhapura.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.
Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.
Bishop Emeritus of Badulla
Bishop Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe
Bishop of Galle

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. (2004)
Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura
Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † (1968)
Archbishop of Colombo
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946)
Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
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

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WikiData: Q137399530

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 16 Dec 2025
ob: CB, 20 Jan 2026
c2+: CB, 26 Feb 2026

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