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Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva

Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Moratuwa, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon
Ordained Bishop	St. Mary's, Cathedral, Badulla, Diocese of Badulla

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Badulla. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. Bishop Emeritus of Badulla Principal Co-Consecrators: Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don Archbishop of Colombo Bishop Harold Anthony Perera Bishop of Kurunegala Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis Bishop of Kandy Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe Titular Archbishop of Suelli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. (1997) Bishop Emeritus of Badulla Archbishop Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla (1991) Titular Archbishop of Pia Pope John Paul II (1958) (St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901) Archbishop of Lviv Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886) Bishop of Kraków Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861) Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839) Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826) Archbishop of Ravenna Pope Leo XII (1794) (Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †) Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 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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