Kingsley Swampillai

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Kingsley Swampillai
Bishop of Trincomalee
Church Roman Catholic Church
Province Colombo
Diocese Trincomalee
Installed17 March 1983
Term ended3 June 2015
Predecessor Leo Rajendram Antony
Successor Noel Emmanuel
Other post(s)Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Mannar (2016-2017)
Personal details
Born (1936-12-09) 9 December 1936 (age 86)
Kayts, Ceylon
Alma mater St. Patrick's College, Jaffna

Right Reverend Dr. Joseph Kingsley Swampillai (born 9 December 1936) is a Sri Lankan Tamil priest and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Trincomalee.

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Early life and family

Swampillai was born on 9 December 1936 in Kayts on the island of Velanaitivu in northern Ceylon. [1] He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Jaffna. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Swampillai was ordained as a priest in December 1961. [1] Even as priest he was chosen to act as a Secretary to Apostolic Nunciature for a period. In addition to his duties as a general secretary and Chancellor to the former Bishop of Jaffna, he was also the General Manager of Catholic Schools in the Diocses of Jaffna from 1975 to 1983. He was holding the office of the National Director of the Pontificial Mission Aid societies for more than Six years until he was elected as a Bishop in April 1983. [5]

In March 1983 he became Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa. [1] He became Bishop of Trincomalee after the creation of the Diocese of Batticaloa in July 2012. [1] Swampillai resigned on 3 June 2015. [6] [7] [8] He was briefly recalled to apostolic service in January 2016 to act as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Mannar when the position of Bishop of Mannar fell vacant after Rayappu Joseph's retirement; he held this appointment until December 2017. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai". Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. ↑ "Past Bishops". St Patrick's College, Jaffna Old Boys' Association, Colombo Branch. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23.
  3. ↑ Rasaiya, Christy (16 July 2000). "St. Patrick's 150 years old". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) .
  4. ↑ "St. Patrick's College, Jaffna 150 years old". The Island (Sri Lanka) . 27 July 2000.
  5. ↑ St.Patrick's College Jaffna, 150th Anniversary Jubilee Souvenir. Jaffna: St. Patrick's College, Jaffna. 2000. p. 57.
  6. ↑ "Pope appoints a new Bishop in Sri Lanka". Vatican Radio . 3 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Pope appoints a new Bishop in Sri Lanka". The Island (Sri Lanka) . 5 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fr. Noel Emmanuel new Bishop of Trincomalee". Daily News (Sri Lanka) . 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sri Lanka: Bp. Fidelis L. E. Fernando new Bishop of Mannar". en.radiovaticana.va. Vatican Radio. 22 Nov 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Trincomalee
17 March 1983 – 3 June 2015		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Mannar
(as Apostolic Administrator)
14 January 2016 – 22 November 2017		Succeeded by
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