Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis, Date of Birth
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Sri Lankan Roman Catholic bishop
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About Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis
- Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (born 21 May 1958 Koralawella, Sri Lanka) is the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw since 2006.[1] Mendis was officially ordained a Catholic priest on 20 July 1985.
- He was appointed a Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw on 17 January 2005 by Pope John Paul II.
- He was consecrated a Bishop on 2 April 2005. Bishop Mendis succeeded Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando as the Bishop of Chilaw on 19 October 2006.
- He is currently Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka.
- He is a former student of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa, St.
- Sebastian's College, Moratuwa, the University of Peradeniya and the Pontifical Urban University, Rome.
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