Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India

For the Roman Catholic diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna.
Diocese of Jaffna
Location
Country Sri Lanka
Information
Denomination Anglicanism
Established 27 September 1947
Cathedral St. Thomas' Cathedral, Vaddukoddai
Current leadership
Bishop of Jaffna Daniel Thiagarajah
Website
csijaffnadiocese.com

The Jaffna Diocese is the Church of South India diocese for northern Sri Lanka. The current bishop (known as the Bishop of Jaffna or the Bishop of the Church of South India in the Jaffna Diocese) is Dr Daniel Thiagarajah.

History

The Church of South India was established on 27 September 1947 as a union of the South India Provincial Synod of Methodist Church, the South India United Church (Congregational, Presbyterian and Reformed) and the southern dioceses of the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (Anglican).[1][2] The Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) was one of the 22 dioceses of the new church. The Rt. Rev Dr Sabapathy Kulendran was enthroned as the first Bishop of Jaffna on 10 October 1947.[3]

Bishops

# Bishop Took office Left office
1st S. Kulendran[4] 1947 1970
2nd D. J. Ambalavanar[5][6] 1971 1993
3rd S. Jebanesan[7][8] 1993 2005
4th Daniel Thiagarajah 2006

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.