The Right Reverend Sabapathy Kulendran (23 September 1900 – 14 February 1992) was a Ceylon Tamil priest and the

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of mainline Protestant denominations in South India after independence. The Church of South India is the successor of a number of Pr ...

Bishop of Jaffna A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop i ...

Early life

Kulendran was born on 23 September 1900. He was the son of Sabapathy, a notary public. His brother

Sam A. Sabapathy Samuel Ariaretnam Sabapathy (8 September 1898 – 12 February 1964 ) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and the first Mayor of Jaffna. Early life and family Sabapathy was born on 8 September 1898. He was the son of Kanagasabapathipillai from Varany ...

was Mayor of Jaffna. He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna and Jaffna College. Later he received an Arts degree from the University of London. He then went to Serampore College in India and was ordained in 1934. Kulendran was a member of the Jaffna Youth Congress. 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 The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of mainline Protestant denominations in South India after independence. The Church of South India is the successor of a number of Pr ...

. He became the first

in 1947. He retired in 1970.

Later life

Kulendran lived in

Vaddukoddai Vaddukoddai (also spelt Vattukkottai, Vatukotai, Vattukotai) ( ta, வட்டுக்கோட்டை, si, වඩුකෝඩයි) is small but important town in the minority group, minority Sri Lankan Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamil dominated J ...

after retirement. He died on 14 February 1992.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kulendran, S. 1900 births 1992 deaths Alumni of Jaffna College Alumni of St. John's College, Jaffna Bishops of Jaffna (Church of South India) People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil priests Sri Lankan Tamil writers