Retired Jaffna
Bishop passes away
[April 25, 2003 - 10.30 GMT]
The death occurred
today of Bishop of Jaffna, the Most Rev. Dr. B. Deogupillai. He was
86.
Bishop Deogupillai was
ordained a Catholic priest in 1941 after his Ecclesiastical studies in Rome.
He severed in the Trinco-Batticaloa Diocese for five years he took the reins
of the diocese of Jaffna on the January 9 1973 as the First Diocesan Bishop
of Jaffna.
The late Bishop was
well versed in the Tamil Language. His contributions to Tamil literature
have been acclaimed at National level. He founded the Tamil Catholic
Literature Society, in order to encourage the Tamil Catholic writers and to
reprint and re-edit ancient Catholic publications.
The funeral will be on
Monday, April 28, in Jaffna, preceded by the Funeral Mass at St. Mary’s
Cathedral, Jaffna, 4 pm, on the same day.
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