Bishop of Kurunegala

The Anglican Bishop of Kurunegala is the bishop of the Diocese of Kurunegala, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion. The Diocese of Kurunegala was founded in 1960, as the diocese 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	Qualifications	Notes
1960	1962	Lakdasa De Mel	M.A.	first Bishop of Kurunegala, installed on 2 February 1960 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 Oliver Kumarage	B. Div., Dip. RE
2000	2010	Kumara Illangasinghe	B. Sc., B. Div., M. Litt.
2010	2015	Gregory Shantha Kumar Francis	B. Th.	first Tamil bishop, resigned in January 2015
2015	2017	vacant
2017	present	Keerthisiri Fernando	M. Phil, M. Phil, B. Div, B. Th

References

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.

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