Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I.

Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Aug 1949		Born
8 Sep 1974	25.0	Professed	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
10 May 1980	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
14 Nov 2003	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
10 Jan 2004	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
16 Dec 2025	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Norbert Marshall Andradi
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi O.M.I.
(born 30 Aug 1949)
Bishop Emeritus of Anuradhapura

Ad Limina - May 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Maggona
Ordained Bishop Near, St. Joseph, Cathedral, Anuradhapura, Diocese of Anuradhapura

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Anuradhapura.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando †
Bishop of Chilaw
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †
Archbishop of Colombo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando †
Bishop of Chilaw
Bishop Rayappu Joseph †
Bishop of Mannar

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1663822

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Number 14,504
r: Bollettino, 16 Dec 2025

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