Most Rev. Dr. Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe

The Bishop of Galle

Moto: ‘Solus Christus’ – Totally for Christ

Name in Full: Raymond Kingsley WICKRAMASINGHE

Date of Birth: 31st August 1962

Parents:

Father: (Late) Mr Frederick Thomas Goldi Wickramasinghe

Mother: (Late) Mrs Margaret Therese Thilakaratne

Family:  Two elder brothers, four elder Sisters, one younger brother and a younger sister.

  (Bishop Raymond is the seventh in the family)

Secular Studies:

Primary:

Grade 1-6 at Pilapitiya Primary, Kelaniya.

Grade 7-11 at Mayurapadha Primary, Mawanella.

Secondary:

Advanced Level – Piyatissa Maha Vidyalaya, Kalegana, Galle.

Priestly Formation:

Minor Seminary: St. Francis Xavier’s Seminary, Kalegana, Galle from 1977-1981.

Pre-Philosophate: “Daham Sevana”, Kalutara, from 1982-1983.

Major Seminary: National Seminary, Ampitiya, Kandy, from 1983-1989.

Ordination to the Priesthood: On 05th August 1989 by Late Most Revd. Dr. W. Don Sylvester

Ecclesiastical Studies: B.Th (Rome), STL. (Rome), STD. (Moral Theology at the Alphonsian Academy Rome – Magna Cum Laude).

Pastoral Assignments:

• 1st Sept. 1989-30th August 1990 Assistant Parish Priest at Ratnapura
• 1st Sept. 1990-17th April 1991: Rector of the Minor Seminary, Galle. 1st May 1991-5th January 1992: Assistant Parish Priest at Balangoda.
• 10th January 1992-18th October 1992: Secretary to the Bishop of Galle (Bishop W Don Sylvester) and Assistant Parish Priest of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Galle
• 19th October 1992-15th April 1994: Parish Priest of St. Anthony’s Church, Rakwana and the Administrator of the Vianney House, Bulutota
• 20th April 1994-20th June 1996: Secretary to the Bishop of Galle
• 25th June 1996-25th June 1998 in Collegio San Paolo, Rome, for the Licentiate in Moral Theology at the Alphonsian Academy
• November 1998-30th June 1999: Secretary to the Bishop of Galle. 1st
• 1st July 1999-25th September 2001: in Collegio San Paolo, Rome for the Doctorate in Moral Theology at the Alphonsian Academy
• 28th October 2001-15th January 2003: Parish Priest of St. Francis Xavier’s Church, Kalegana, Galle
• 21st October 2001-15th March 2002: Director of Caritas-Sed Galle.
• 16th January 2003-2005: Rector, St. Francis Xavier’s Seminary, Kalegana, Galle.
• 26th January 2006-11th May 2008: Parish Priest, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Galle.
• 11th May 2008-15th July2011- Formator at the National Seminary, Kandy

Named as the Bishop Elect of the Diocese of Galle 27th May 2011

Episcopal Ordination: 31st of August 2011