Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Dec 1897		Born
25 Feb 1924	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
12 Jan 1940	42.0	Appointed	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
25 Apr 1940	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
27 Dec 1972	75.0	Resigned	Bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
4 Sep 1989	91.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Edmund Peiris
(VIAF: 65588010; WikiData: Q11856568)
Bishop Edmund Peiris O.M.I. (born 27 Dec 1897, died 4 Sep 1989) Bishop Emeritus of Chilaw

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Chilaw

a priest for 65.5 years
a bishop for 49.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Kandy
Bishop Nicola Laudadio, S.J. †
Bishop of Galle

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. † (1938)
Archbishop of Colombo
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946)
Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † (1949)
Bishop Anthony de Saram † (1963)
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando † (1965)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 25

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