Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1901		Born
23 Jun 1929	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
14 Dec 1945	43.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
14 Dec 1945	43.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus
7 Mar 1946	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus
26 Jul 1947	45.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
22 Feb 1965	63.1	Elevated to Cardinal
25 Feb 1965	63.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
2 Sep 1976	74.6	Retired	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
29 Oct 1988	86.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Thomas Benjamin Cooray
(WikiData: Q592643)
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray O.M.I. (born 28 Dec 1901, died 29 Oct 1988) Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Consistory - 1965: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Periyamulla Negombo

a priest for 59.3 years
a bishop for 42.6 years
a cardinal for 23.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Chilaw
Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Kandy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † (1949)
Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † (1958)
Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris † (1958)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony de Saram † (1963)
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando † (1965)
Bishop Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † (1968)
Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † (1968)
Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando † (1977)
Bishop Don Sylvester Wewitavidanelage † (1982)

Source(s):

c3+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 13
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

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