Bishop of Trincomalee

 

Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai

Bishop of Trincomalee

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1936	76.99	Born	Kayts
20 Dec 1961	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Mar 1983	46.3	Appointed	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
7 May 1983	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

3 Jul 2012

75.6

Appointed

Bishop of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Short History of the Diocese

• 1893.08.25: Established as Diocese of Trincomalee / Trincomalien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo and Diocese of Jaffna)
• 1967.10.23: Renamed as Diocese of Trincomalee–Batticaloa / Trincomalien(sis)–Batticaloaën(sis) (Latin)
• 1975.12.19: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Anuradhapura
• 2012.07.03: Renamed as Diocese of Trincomalee / Trincomalien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Batticaloa)

Thanks to- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/batt2.htm