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Sri Lanka

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained
Priest		YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
20 Dec 1961 Bishop Joseph Kingsley SwampillaiBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee
21 Dec 1963 Bishop Thomas Emmanuel SavundaranayagamBishop Emeritus of Jaffna
20 Feb 1966 Archbishop Osvaldo Montecillo PadillaApostolic Nuncio
21 Dec 1966 Bishop Joseph Vianney FernandoBishop Emeritus of Kandy
5 Jul 1970 Mario Cardinal ZenariApostolic Nuncio to Syria
27 Mar 1971 Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nanApostolic Nuncio
6 Jan 1973 Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel FernandoBishop Emeritus of Mannar
4 Aug 1973 Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Ratnapura
24 Mar 1974 Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn TốtApostolic Nuncio
24 Apr 1974 Bishop Justin Bernard GnanapragasamBishop of Jaffna
29 Jun 1975 Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige DonArchbishop of Colombo
6 Sep 1975 Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.Bishop Emeritus of Badulla
Most Junior
2 Oct 2001 Bishop Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta SilvaBishop of Badulla
16 Dec 2000 Father Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku KankanamalageSecretary of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Roman Curia
16 Sep 2000 Bishop Anton Ranjith PillainayagamAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
16 Sep 2000 Bishop Peter Antony Wyman CroosBishop of Ratnapura
9 Aug 1997 Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy JayasuriyaBishop of Chilaw
7 Apr 1994 Father Gnanapragasam AnthonypillaiBishop-Elect of Mannar
2 May 1992 Archbishop Brian UdaigweApostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
5 Aug 1989 Bishop Raymond Kingsley WickramasingheBishop of Galle
21 May 1986 Bishop Christian Noel EmmanuelBishop of Trincomalee
3 Aug 1985 Father Ivan Tilak JayasunderaPriest of Kandy
27 Jul 1985 Bishop Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton JayakodyAuxiliary Bishop of Colombo
20 Jul 1985 Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence MendisBishop of Kandy

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