The Right Reverend Sabapathy Kulendran (23 September 1900 – 14 February 1992) was a

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priest and the

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Bishop of Jaffna.

Early life

Kulendran was born on 23 September 1900. He was the son of Sabapathy, a

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. His brother Sam A. Sabapathy was

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. He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna and

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. Later he received an Arts degree from the

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. He then went to

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in India and was

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in 1934. Kulendran was a member of the

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. Kulendran married Mathuram, daughter of Visuvalingam. They had two sons (Thavanithy and Arumaikajothi) and a daughter (Karuna).

Career

Kulendran worked for the South India United Church. He became the first

Bishop of Jaffna in 1947. He retired in 1970.

Later life

Kulendran lived in

Vaddukoddai Vaddukoddai (, ) (also spelt Vatukotai, Vaddukkoddai) is small but important town in the minority Sri Lankan Tamil dominated Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka. This place famous to Cultural Dances & Hindu rituals. It became prominent with the foundin ...

after retirement. He died on 14 February 1992.

References

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