| Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
| Kurunegala | |
| Image Alt: | Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala |
| Province: | Kurunegala |
| Denomination: | Church of Ceylon |
| Rite: | Anglican / Christian |
| Established: | 1950 |
| Cathedral: | Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala |
| Schools: | Trinity College Kandy |
| Bishop: | Nishantha Fernando |
| Bishop Title: | Bishop of Kurunegala |
| Map: | File:Diocese of Kurunegala, Church of Ceylon.svg |
| Map Alt: | 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 the Diocese of Colombo as one of two dioceses of the Church of England in Ceylon.
The diocese covers the districts of Kurunegala, Kandy, Matale, Kegalle, Anuradhapura, and Polonnaruwa.[1]
| Bishops of Kurunegala | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
| 1950 | 1962 | Lakdasa De Mel | First Bishop of Kurunegala, installed on 2 February 1950; installed in May 1962 as Metropolitan Bishop of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon | |
| 1962 | 1983 | Lakshman Wickremasinghe | One of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion | |
| 1983 | 2000 | Andrew Kumarage | ||
| 2000 | 2010 | Kumara Illangasinghe | ||
| 2010 | 2015 | Shantha Francis | First Tamil bishop, resigned in January 2015 | |
| 2015 | 2017 | vacant | ||
| 2018 | 2022 | Keerthisiri Fernando | Former archdeacon of Nuwara Eliya | |
| 2023 | present | Nishantha Fernando | Ordination on 19 March 2023[2] | |