Kumara Illangasinghe Explained

Type:Bishop
Right Reverend
Kumara Illangasinghe
Anglican Bishop of Kurunegala
Church:Anglican Church of Ceylon
See:Anglican Diocese of Kurunegala
Term:2000 - 2010
Successor:Gregory Shantha Kumar Francis
Ordination:1971
Ordained By:Lakshman Wickramasinghe
Consecration:2000
Birth Place:Sri Lanka
Previous Post:Principal at Theological College Of Lanka

Kumara Illangasinghe, (B.Sc., B.D., M.Litt) is a former Anglican Bishop of Ceylon. After his ordination in 1971, he served in parishes including Thalampitiya, Rathmeewela and Aragoda. After that, he was appointed as the chaplain of Trinity College, Kandy.

Illangasinghe was the principal of the Theological College of Lanka between 1992 and 1999. In 2000 he was consecrated as the fourth Bishop of Kurunegala, following the retirement of Bishop Andrew Kumarage. He is married to Dr. Lakmini Illangasinghe.

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