Diocese of Kurunegala

Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala

The Diocese of Kurunegala is a diocese of the Church of Ceylon (which is part of the Anglican Communion). The See was erected in 1950 from that of Diocese of Colombo, as one of two dioceses of the Church of England in Ceylon. In September 2017 Keerthisiri Fernando, the Archdeacon of Nuwara Eliya of the Diocese of Colombo, was elected as the new Bishop of Kurunegala.

List of bishops

Bishops of Kurunegala
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1950	1962	Lakdasa De Mel	first Bishop of Kurunegala, installed on 2 February 1950; installed in May 1962 as Metropolitan Bishop of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon
1962	1983	Lakshman Wickremasinghe	one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion
1983	2000	Andrew Kumarage
2000	2010	Kumara Illangasinghe
2010	2015	Shantha Francis	first Tamil bishop, resigned in January 2015
2015	2017	vacant
2018	present	Keerthisiri Fernando

See also

• Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala

Publications

• One hundred years in Ceylon, or, The centenary volume of the Church Missionary Society in Ceylon, 1818-1918 (1922) Author: Balding, John William Madras: Printed at the Diocesan Press.
• The Church of Ceylon - her faith and mission Published in 1945, Printed at the Daily News Press by Bernard de Silva for the Church of Ceylon.
• The Church of Ceylon: A history, 1945-1995 Editor: Medis, Frederick Published for the Diocese of Colombo.

External links

• Official Web Site of Church of Ceylon, Diocese of Kurunegala
• The Church of Ceylon (Anglican Communion)
• Anglican Church of Ceylon News
• The Church of Ceylon - World Council of Churches website