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Rt. Rev. Lakdasa De Mel

1950 - 1962

Most Rev. Lakdasa Jacob De Mel (1902 – 1976), MA was the first Bishop of Kurunagala, Sri Lanka and the last Metropolitan Archbishop of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon.

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Rt. Rev. Lakshman Wickremasinghe

1962 - 1983

Lakshman Wickremasinghe (25 March 1927 – 23 October 1983) was one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion and a human rights activist.

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Rt. Rev. Andrew Kumarage

1983 - 2000

Andrew Oliver Kumarage (16 January 1934 – 21 April 2012), (BDiv, DipRE), was the third Bishop of Kurunagala, Sri Lanka.

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Rt. Rev. Kumara Ilangasinghe

2000 - 2010

Illangasinghe was the principal of the Theological College of Lanka between 1992 and 1999. In 2000 he was consecrated as the fourth Bishop of Kurunagala, following the retirement of Bishop Andrew Kumarage.

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Rt. Rev. Shantha Francis

2010 - 2015

Gregory Shantha Kumar Francis (B.Th., PGDip.P&CC), was the fifth Anglican Bishop of Kurunagala, Sri Lanka.

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Vacant

2015 - 2017

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Rt. Rev. Keerthisiri Fernando

2018 - 2022

Keerthisiri Fernando (Born 5 May 1961) is the sixth Bishop of Kurunagala. He was the previous fifth Archdeacon of Nuwara Eliya.

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Rt. Rev. Nishantha Fernando

2023 - Present

Rev. Nishantha Piyum Dharshana Fernando is elected as the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Kurunagala on December 17, 2022.