Bishop Anthony de Saram †

Deceased

Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 May 1915		Born
25 Mar 1941	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
27 Dec 1962	47.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
27 Dec 1962	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
25 Mar 1963	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tacapae
22 Mar 1965	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka
28 Feb 1982	66.7	Died	Bishop of Galle, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary for Anthony de Saram
(WikiData: Q11851941)
Bishop Anthony de Saram (born 10 May 1915, died 28 Feb 1982) Bishop of Galle

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Kochchikade, Negombo, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon
Ordained Bishop Santa Lucia, Cathedral, Colombo, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon

a priest for 40.9 years
a bishop for 18.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Chilaw
Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Kandy

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Benjamin 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando † (1965)
Bishop Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † (1968)
Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † (1968)
Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando † (1977)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 29
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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