Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India


The Jaffna Diocese is the Church of South India diocese for northern Sri Lanka. The current bishop is 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 and the southern dioceses of the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. The Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India was one of the 22 dioceses of the new church. Sabapathy Kulendran was enthroned as the first Bishop of Jaffna on 10 October 1947.

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