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His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith
கொழும்புப் பேராயர் அதி வணக்கத்திற்குரிய மல்க்கம் றஞ்சித் அவர்கள் கத்தோலிக்க கருதினார்களில் ஒருவராகத் , போப்பாண்டவர் 16ம் ஆசிர்வாதப்பரினால் தெரிந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார். இது நம் எல்லோருக்கும் சந்தோசமான செய்தியே. அவருடைய பணி சிறக்க நாமும் செபிப்போம்.
Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has appointed His Grace Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith a Cardinal. 24 Cardinals were appointed by Pope Benedict XVI and 20 as voting Cardinals and 04 as non-voting Cardinals.
His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith becomes the 2nd Cardinal in Sri Lanka. His Eminence Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray was appointed on 22nd February 1965 by Holy Father Pope Paul VI. |
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| FULL LIST OF CARDINALS APPOINTED ON 20.10.2010 - |
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1. His Excellency Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefetto della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi;
2. His Excellency Antonios Naguib, Patriarca di Alessandria dei Copti (Egitto);
3. His Excellency Robert Sarah, Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio "Cor Unum";
4. His Excellency Francesco Monterisi, Arciprete della Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura;
5. His Excellency Fortunato Baldelli, Penitenziere Maggiore;
6. His Excellency Raymond Leo Burke, Prefetto del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica;
7. His Excellency Kurt Koch, Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell'Unità dei Cristiani;
8. His Excellency Paolo Sardi, Vice Camerlengo di Santa Romana Chiesa;
9. His Excellency Mauro Piacenza, Prefetto della Congregazione per il Clero;
10. His Excellency Velasio De Paolis, C.S., Presidente della Prefettura degli Affari Economici della Santa Sede;
11. His Excellency Gianfranco Ravasi, Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura;
12. His Excellency Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Arcivescovo emerito di Lusaka (Zambia);
13. His Excellency Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Arcivescovo emerito di Quito (Ecuador);
14. His Excellency Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Arcivescovo di Kinshasa (Rep. Democratica del Congo);
15. His Excellency Paolo Romeo, Arcivescovo di Palermo (Italia);
16. His Excellency Donald William Wuerl, Arcivescovo di Washington (Stati Uniti d'America);
17. His Excellency Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Arcivescovo di Aparecida (Brasile);
18. His Excellency Kazimierz Nycz, Arcivescovo di Warszawa (Polonia);
19. His Excellency Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, Arcivescovo di Colombo (Sri Lanka);
20. His Excellency Reinhard Marx, Arcivescovo di München und Freising (Germania).
Other Cardinals appointed ( Non-voting ) -
1. His Excellency José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Arcivescovo Ordinario Militare emerito (Spagna);
2. His Excellency Elio Sgreccia, già Presidente della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita (Italia);
3. His Excellency Walter Brandmüller, già Presidente del Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche (Germania);
4. His Excellency Domenico Bartolucci, già Maestro Direttore della Cappella Musicale Pontificia (Italia). |
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| PROFILE OF HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL MALCOLM RANJITH - |
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Name : Archbishop Patabendige Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith
Father’s Name : Patabendige Don William
Mother’s Name : Hettiarachchige Mary Winifred Perera
Date of Birth : 15th November 1947
Place of Birth : Polgahawela, Sri-lanka |
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ACADEMIC - |
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Scholastic Studies
- Roman Catholic Boys’ School, Lunupokuna, Colombo 15
- De la Salle College, Mutwal, Colombo 15
General Certificate of Education |
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Ecclesiastical Studies |
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1. St. Aloysius Seminary, Borella, Colombo 8
2. The National Seminary, Ampitiya, Kandy
3. Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Italy
( Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide and Collegio San Paolo Apostolo )
4. Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy
5. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
6. Baccalaureate in Theology – Summa Cum Laude Probatus
7. Licentiate in Sacred Scripture – Magna Cum Laude Probatus
8. Special Certificate in Biblical Studies – Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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Priestly Ordination - |
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On 29th June 1975at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Ordained by His Holiness Pope Paul VI |
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