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His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith

Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo

Primate of Sri Lanka & the Maldives

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 born on 1947.11.15

 ordained priest on 1975.06.29

 Bishop since 1991.08.31

 Archbishop since 2001.10.01

 Metropolitan Archbishop since 2009.06.16

 Cardinal since 2010.11.20

His Lordship Bishop Harold Perera

                         Bishop of Kurunegala

         President of Bishops' Conference

 

               born on 1951.06.09

ordained priest on 1980.07.05

        Bishop since 2003.03.18

His Lorship Bishop Norbert Andradi OMI

Bishop of Anuradhapura

 

born on 1949.08.30

ordained priest on 1980.05.10

Bishop since 2004.01.10

His Lordship Bishop Valence Mendis

                                  Bishop of Kandy

 

              born on 1958.05.21

ordained priest on 1985.07.20

        Bishop since 2005.04.02

His Lordship Bishop Joseph Ponniah

Bishop of Batticaloa

 

His Lordship Bishop Emmanuel Fernando

Bishop of Mannar

 

born on 1948.05.20

ordained priest on 1973.01.06

Bishop since 2012.02.18

               born on 1962.08.31

ordained priest on 1989.08.05

        Bishop since 2011.08.31

born on 1952.10.12

ordained priest on 1980.04.30

Bishop since 2008.05.10

His Lordship Bishop Raymond Wickramasinghe

                                                      Bishop of Galle

 

His Lordship Bishop Maxwell Silva

               Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo

 

                  born on 1953.09.27

    ordained priest on 1981.07.25

          Bishop since   2012.02.18

His Lordship Bishop Emmanuel Noel

Bishop of Trincomalee

 Vice President of Bishops' Conference

 

 born on 1960.12.25

 ordained priest on 1985.03.12

 Bishop since 2015.07.25

His Lordship Bishop Julian Gnanapragasam

                                              Bishop of Jaffna

 

                 born on 1948.05.13

   ordained priest on 1974.04.24

           Bishop since 2015.10.13

   His Lordship Bishop J.D. Anthony

   Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo

   Secretary General of Bishops' Conference

 

 born on  1958.10.02

 ordained priest on 1985.07.27

 Bishop since 2018.06.23

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 His Lordship Bishop P.Anton Ranjith

                   Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo

 

                 born on 1966.09.23

  ordained priest on 2000.09.16

          Bishop since 2020.08.29

    His Lordship Bishop Jude Nishantha Silva

    Bishop of Badulla

          

 

   born on  1970.05.05

   ordained priest on 2001.10.02

   Bishop since 2023.04.22

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    His Lordship Bishop Wimalsiri Jayasuriya

                                              Bishop of Chilaw

          

 

               born on 1969.01.23

 ordained priest on 1997.08.09

         Bishop since 2023.12.06

Bishops Emeriti of Sri Lanka

 

His Lordship Bishop Thomas Sanvundrayagam

                                      Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna

 

 

               born on 1938.07.13

ordained priest on 1967.12.13

        Bishop since 1981.07.30

            retired on 2015.10.13

His Lordship Bishop Kinglesy Swampillai

Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee

 

 

born on 1936.12.09

ordained priest on 1961.12.20

Bishop since 1983.05.07

retired on 2015.06.03

 

                His Lordship Bishop Marius Peiris

               Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Colombo

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             born on   1941.10.11

ordained priest on  1972.01.25

         Bishop since 2001.02.03

            Retired on 2018.04.04

His Lordship Bishop Vianney Fernando

Bishop Emeritus of Kandy

 

born on 1942.08.06

ordained priest on 1966.12.21

Bishop since 1983.05.21

retired on 2021.10.09

His Lordship Bishop Winston Fernando SSS

                               Bishop Emeritus of Badulla

 

               born on 1945.01.16

ordained priest on 1975.09.06

         Bishop since 1997.06.14

            retired on 2023.01.30

 His Lordship Bishop Cletus Perera OSB

 Bishop emeritus of Ratnapura

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  born on 1947.09.06

  ordained priest on 1973.08.04

  Bishop since 2007.07.11

  retired on 2024.03.05

 

Please note: Bishops are shown by Liturgical precedence; same for Bishops Emeriti.

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