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Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam

Name : Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam

Status : Bishop of Jaffna

Full NameRt. Rev. Dr. Gnanapragasam Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam
Birth PlaceKarampon
Present AddressBishop's House, Jaffna
Date of birth13 May 1948
Date of ordination24 April 1974
Native ParishSt. Mary's Church, Kayts
Qualifications :

B. Th (Pune)
M.A. (Hull - UK)
Ph.D in Ed (Southampton - UK)

Mission :

From 1974 to 1975 - Assistant Parish Priest at Kilinochchi and Valaipadu
From 1975 to 1976 - Assistant Parish Priest at Uruthirapuram
From 1976 to 1979 - Assistant Parish Priest at Ilavalai
From 1979 to 1980 - Ecumenical theology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom
From 1980 to 1985 - Parish Priest at Mareesankoodal and vice-rector of St. Henry’s College, Ilavalai
From 1982 to 1984 - lecturer at the University of Jaffna's Department of Christian Civilization
From 1986 to 1989 - United Kingdom to study education science in Southampton
From 1990 to 1994 - rector of St. Henry’s College, Ilavalai
From 1995 to 2002 - dean of the Ilavalai Deanery
From 1992 to 2006 - visiting professor at the major seminary in Jaffna
From 2002 to 2007 - rector of St. Patrick's College, Jaffna
From 2002 - examiner of doctoral thesis at University of Jaffna
From 2007 to 2015 - vicar general of the Jaffna Diocese
From 2008 - Director of the diocesan Press
From 1998 to 2014 - Member of the University of Jaffna's senate
From 13.10.2015 till now Pope Francis appointed him as a Bishop of Jaffna

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