Diocese of Kurunegala

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Diocese of Kurunegala
Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala
Location
Country	Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province	Kurunegala
Statistics
Schools	Trinity college kandy
Information
Denomination	Church of Ceylon
Rite	Anglican / Christian
Established	1950
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala
Current leadership
Bishop of Kurunegala	Keerthisiri Fernando
Map
Map of the Diocese of Kurunegala

The Diocese of Kurunegala is a diocese of the Church of Ceylon (which is part of the Anglican Communion). The See was erected in 1950 from that of , as one of two dioceses 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.

The diocese covers the districts of Kurunegala, Kandy, Matale, Kegalla, Anuradhapura, and Polonnaruwa.^[1]

List of bishops[]

See also[]

• Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala

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.

External links[]

• Official Web Site of Church of Ceylon, Diocese of Kurunegala
• The Church of Ceylon (Anglican Communion)
• Anglican Church of Ceylon News
• The Church of Ceylon - World Council of Churches website

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