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Bishop Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai

Bishop of Mannar, Sri Lanka

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Adampan, Diocese of Jaffna
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Our Lady of Madhu, Shrine, Madhu

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Mannar. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando Bishop Emeritus of Mannar Principal Co-Consecrators: Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don Archbishop of Colombo Bishop Harold Anthony Perera Bishop of Kurunegala Archbishop Brian Udaigwe Titular Archbishop of Suelli Bishop Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam Bishop of Jaffna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando (2012) Bishop Emeritus of Mannar Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don (1991) Archbishop of Colombo Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando † (1977) Archbishop of Colombo Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo 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

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