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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya, of the clergy of the diocese of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, until now parish priest of Saint Mary Mother of God and judge of the diocesan tribunal of Fort Wayne-South Bend, United States of America, as bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka.
Msgr. Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya was born on 23 January 1969 in Negombo, in the archdiocese of Colombo. After attending the minor seminary of Chilaw, he concluded his studies in philosophy and theology at the Our Lady of Lanka National Major Seminary in Kandy.
He was ordained a priest on 9 August 1997 for the clergy of Chilaw.
After ordination, he first held the role of parish vicar of Saint Sebastian, Katuneriya (1997-1998), the Shrine of Saint Anne, Talawila (1998-1999); and Saint Joseph, Wennappuwa (1999-2000). He was awarded a licentiate and a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Urbanian University of Rome (2000-2005), and went on to serve as judicial vicar of Chilaw (2006-2012), teacher in the Our Lady of Lanka National Major Seminary in Kandy and dean of the Department of Theology (2013-2019); since 2019, judge in the diocesan tribunal of Fort Wayne-South Bend, in the United States of America, parish vicar of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne-South Bend (2019-2020); and since 2020, parish priest of Saint Mary Mother of God, Fort Wayne-South Bend. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 11/12/2013)
