Bishop Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam

Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jul 1938		Born
21 Dec 1963	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
24 Jan 1981	42.5	Appointed	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
30 Jul 1981	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka
6 Jul 1992	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
13 Oct 2015	77.2	Retired	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam
Bishop Thomas Emmanuel Savundaranayagam
(born 13 Jul 1938)
Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna

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

Event Place
Birth Place Kayts
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Madhu, Basilica, Madhu, Diocese of Mannar

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jaffna.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †
Bishop of Jaffna
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando †
Archbishop of Colombo
Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando †
Bishop of Chilaw

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † (1967)
Bishop of Jaffna
Bishop Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. † (1947)
Bishop of Trincomalee
Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. † (1934)
Bishop of Ranchi
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Rayappu Joseph † (1992)
Bishop Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don (1991)
Bishop Harold Anthony Perera (2003)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2427067

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 13 Oct 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 69, Number 5,484
ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 101, Additions/Corrections (front)

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