Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1917		Born
23 Dec 1942	25.0	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
10 Feb 1950	32.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
2 Jul 1959	41.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
3 Oct 1959	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka
18 Dec 1972	55.0	Appointed	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
24 Feb 1973	55.2	Installed	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
28 May 1982	64.5	Died	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Leo Nanayakkara
(VIAF: 50031884; WikiData: Q17382551)
Bishop Leo Nanayakkara O.S.B. (born 26 Nov 1917, died 28 May 1982) Bishop of Badulla

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 Polgahawela, Archdiocese of Colombo
Ordained Bishop Kandy, Diocese of Kandy

a priest for 32.2 years
a bishop for 22.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. †
Titular Bishop of Bagai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †
Bishop of Trincomalee
Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Jaffna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. † (1936)
Titular Bishop of Bagai
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:
Bishop Anthony de Saram † (1963)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 83
prof/i: Website of the Diocese, 19 Aug 2012

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