Important Days in Life..

• Born : 06th August 1942, Minuwangoda
• Entrance to the Minor Seminary : January 1956
• Entrance to the National Seminary : June 1959
• Ordained Priest : 21st December, 1966
• Nominated as the Bishop of Kandy : 27th March, 1983
• Episcopal Ordination : 21st May, 1983

Educated at..

• St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy
• St. Joseph’s minor Seminary, Kandy
• National Seminary, Ampitiya
• Aquinas University College, Colombo
• University of Peradeniya, B.A. 1973
• St. Paul’s University, Ottawa, Canada. M.C.L. 1977

Appointments as a Priest

• Assistant Parish Priest, St. Joseph’s Church, Gampola. 1967-1969
• Director KTI & SETIK 1973-1983
• Vicar General, Diocese of Kandy 1973-1983
• Parish Priest, St. Anthony’s Cathedral, Kandy 1977-1979
• Visiting Lecturer, National Seminary, Ampitiya 1978-1980
• Rector, St. Joseph’s minor Seminary, Kandy 1980-1981
• National Director, Social and Economic Development Centre 1980-1983

Services to the National Church

• Chairman Blessed Joseph Vaz Secretariat 1983 to date
• Chairman National Commission for Justice Peace and Human Development of CBCSL 1986-1991, 2001-2003
• Chairman National Commission for Seminaries, Clergy, Religious and Secular Institutes of CBCSL 1992-1994
• President of CBCSL 1995-1998, 2004-2007, 2007-to date
• Chairman National Commission for Liturgy & Culture of CBCSL 1998-2004

Services to the Universal Church

• Executive Chairman of FABC Office for Human Development 1995-1999
• President of Caritas Asia 1995-2003
• Vice President of Caritas International
• Member of the Pre-Synodal Council, Synod, and Post Synodal
• Council of the Special Synod of Bishops for Asia 1995- to date
• Member of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum 1980-1989
• Member of the Pontifical Council for Inter Religious Dialogue 1995-2002
• Member of the Episcopal Team for Canonical Visitation of Major Seminaries in India & Pakistan

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