ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Vol. 42 - No 01
Kandy Times  

Fr. Cletus is Bishop of Ratnapura

Rev. Fr. Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, OSB who is the Superior of the Benedictine Fraternity at Monto Fano, Kandy, and currently the Conventual Prior of the Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation in Sri Lanka, has been appointed a Bishop from May 4.

He is to move out to Ratnapura as the new Bishop of that diocese. The installation of the new Bishop is scheduled for July 11. He will be ordained as Bishop by His Lordship Rt. Rev. Vianney Fernando, the current Bishop of Kandy who is the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka.

The ceremony will take place in Rome and the new Bishop will come back to Kandy before leaving on his new assignment as the new bishop of Ratnapura. Bishop-elect Fr. Cletus Perera was born in September 1947 and had his early education at Dhavisamara Maha Vidyalaya in Seeduwa. Having entered St. Sylvester’s Monastery at Monte Fano in Kandy in January 1964 he was ordained on August 4, 1973 by His Lordship Rt. Rev. Paul Perera Bishop of Kandy.

He was appointed as Chaplain to hospitals and prisons in Kandy and was assistant Pastor at Fatima Church, Padiwatta, Kundasale.

In 1976 he was made the assistant Pastor at St. Anthony’s Church, Wahakotte in the Kandy Diocese. Among his academic qualifications are a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology from Rome, a Licentiate in Liturgy (Rome) and a Diploma in Philosophy.

The new Bishop has served as assistant Pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Rajagiriya, before becoming the Parish Priest and Administrator at St. Anthony’s shrine, Wahakotte.

He was made the Vicar General of the Kandy Diocese in 1992 and he held the post for nine years. He served as Parish Priest of St. Anthony’s Cathedral, Kandy from 1995 to 1998 while holding the Vicar General’s post.

Fr. Cletus Perera was elected to the august position of the Conventual Prior of the Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation in Sri Lanka on April 25, 2002 and still holds the post.

He is also the General Manager of the private Catholic schools in Kandy.

 
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