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{{For|the Roman Catholic diocese|Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna}}
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| name = Jaffna
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| denomination = [[Anglicanism]]
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| established = 27 September 1947
| cathedral = [[St. Thomas' Cathedral, Vaddukoddai]]
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| bishop = [[Daniel Thiagarajah]]
| bishop_title = Bishop of Jaffna
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| website = [http://www.csijaffnadiocese.com/ csijaffnadiocese.com]
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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 [[Daniel Thiagarajah]].

==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]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.csisynod.com/history.php|publisher=[[Church of South India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Church of South India|url=http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/church-of-south-india.html|publisher=World Council of Churches|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611024524/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/church-of-south-india.html|archivedate=2008-06-11}}</ref> The Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) was one of the 22 dioceses of the new church. Sabapathy Kulendran was enthroned as the first Bishop of Jaffna on 10 October 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=JDCSI: Reminiscent reflections of an 11-year old|url=http://www.csijaffnadiocese.com/history.php|publisher=Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India}}</ref>

==Bishops==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%"
! style="background-color:#E0CEF2; vertical-align:bottom;"|#
! style="background-color:#E0CEF2; vertical-align:bottom;"|Bishop
! style="background-color:#E0CEF2; vertical-align:bottom;"|Took office
! style="background-color:#E0CEF2; vertical-align:bottom;"|Left office
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| 1st || [[S. Kulendran]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|page=88}}</ref> || align=center|1947 || align=center|1970
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| 2nd || [[D. J. Ambalavanar]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|pages=4–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Death of Bishop Ambalavanar|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/971012/newsm.html#4LABEL6|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 October 1997}}</ref> || align=center|1971 || align=center|1993
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| 3rd || [[S. Jebanesan]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|pages=62–63}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Thiruvarangan|first=Mahendran|title=Rev. Dr. S. Jebanesan - a versatile personality|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/04/05/fea05.htm|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=5 April 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085436/http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/04/05/fea05.htm|archivedate=27 May 2009}}</ref> || align=center|1993 || align=center|2005
|-
| 4th || [[Daniel Thiagarajah]] || align=center|2006 || align=center|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.csijaffnadiocese.com/ Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India]

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{{Dioceses in the Church of South India}}
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[[Category:Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India| ]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses in Asia|Jaffna]]
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[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1947]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in Ceylon]]

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