Bishop Joseph Ponniah †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1952		Born
30 Apr 1980	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
19 Feb 2008	55.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
19 Feb 2008	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania
24 May 2008	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania
3 Jul 2012	59.7	Appointed	Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
19 Aug 2024	71.8	Resigned	Bishop of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
19 May 2025	72.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Joseph Ponniah
Bishop Joseph Ponniah
(born 12 Oct 1952, died 19 May 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Batticaloa

Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Thannamunai
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Co-Cathedral, Batticaloa, Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa

a priest for 45.0 years
a bishop for 16.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai
Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Mario Zenari
Titular Archbishop of Iulium Carnicum
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis
Bishop of Chilaw

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai (1983)
Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Christian Noel Emmanuel (2015)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1707833

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ab: CB, 3 Jul 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,748
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Additions/Corrections (front)
r: Bollettino, 19 Aug 2024
d: CB, 19 May 2025

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