Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India

For the Roman Catholic diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna.

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 Rt. Rev. Dr. V. Pathmathayalan. The Church of South India is a United Protestant denomination.

Diocese of Jaffna
Location
Country	Sri Lanka
Information
Denomination	Protestantism
Established	27 September 1947
Cathedral	St. Thomas' Cathedral, Vaddukoddai
Current leadership
Bishop of Jaffna	Rt. Rev. Dr. V. Pathmathayalan
Website
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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 24 dioceses of the new church. 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	2022
5th	Veluppillai Pathmathyalan	2023

References

1. "History". Church of South India. Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
2. "Church of South India". World Council of Churches. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008.
3. "JDCSI: Reminiscent reflections of an 11-year old". Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
4. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 88.
5. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 4–5.
6. "Death of Bishop Ambalavanar". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 12 October 1997.
7. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 62–63.
8. Thiruvarangan, Mahendran (5 April 2005). "Rev. Dr. S. Jebanesan - a versatile personality". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 27 May 2009.

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