Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India

For the Roman Catholic diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna.

The Jaffna Diocese is the Church of South India diocese for northern Sri Lanka. The current bishop (known as the Bishop of Jaffna or the Bishop of the Church of South India in the Jaffna Diocese) is Rt. Rev. Dr. V. Pathmathayalan. The Church of South India is a United Protestant denomination.

Diocese of Jaffna
Location
Country	Sri Lanka
Information
Denomination	Protestantism
Established	27 September 1947
Cathedral	St. Thomas' Cathedral, Vaddukoddai
Current leadership
Bishop of Jaffna	Rt. Rev. Dr. V. Pathmathayalan
Website
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History

The Church of South India was established on 27 September 1947 as a union of the South India Provincial Synod of Methodist Church, the South India United Church (Congregational, Presbyterian and Reformed) and the southern dioceses of the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (Anglican).^[1][2] The Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) was one of the 24 dioceses of the new church. Sabapathy Kulendran was enthroned as the first Bishop of Jaffna on 10 October 1947.^[3]

Bishops

#	Bishop	Took office	Left office
1st	S. Kulendran[4]	1947	1970
2nd	D. J. Ambalavanar[5][6]	1971	1993
3rd	S. Jebanesan[7][8]	1993	2005
4th	Daniel Thiagarajah	2006	2022
5th	Veluppillai Pathmathyalan	2023