Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1932		Born
3 Feb 1958	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
9 Apr 1968	35.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka
9 Apr 1968	35.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mulia
17 Jul 1968	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mulia
2 Nov 1995	62.8	Appointed	Bishop of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
6 Jul 2002	69.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
16 Jun 2009	76.5	Retired	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
3 Feb 2023	90.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis
Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis
(born 12 Dec 1932, died 3 Feb 2023)
Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo

Ad Limina - May 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kelaniya
Ordained Bishop Ste. Lucie, Cathedral, Colombo, Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon
Death Place Colombo, Archdiocese of Colombo

a priest for 65.0 years
a bishop for 54.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon
Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Anthony de Saram †
Bishop of Galle
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †
Titular Bishop of Mozotcori

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray, O.M.I. † (1946)
Archbishop of Colombo in Ceylon
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. (2004)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Patabendige Don (1991)
Bishop Vincent Marius Joseph Peiris † (2001)
Bishop Harold Anthony Perera (2003)
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (2005)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q334266

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 16 Jun 2009
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: CB, 3 Feb 2023

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