{"id":61033,"date":"2021-04-04T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=61033"},"modified":"2021-04-04T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T12:02:00","slug":"bishop-rayappu-joseph-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/bishop-rayappu-joseph-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Rayappu Joseph passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Bishop Rayappu Joseph passes away<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61034 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Rt.Rev_.Rayappu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2021\/04\/02\/local\/245709\/bishop-rayappu-joseph-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar Rt.Rev.Rayappu Joseph passed away at the age of 80 while receiving treatment in Jaffna yesterday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Rev. Joseph was born on April 16,1940 on the island of Neduntheevu in the Northern Province. He was educated at St. Patrick\u2019s College in Jaffna. He was a lecturer at St. Xavier&#8217;s Seminary, Jaffna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He was mostly seen as a critic of the military\u2019s conduct during the war. In July 1992, he was appointed Bishop of Mannar and was ordained as a bishop in October 1992. (SM)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Rayappu Joseph passes away Source:Dailynews Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar Rt.Rev.Rayappu Joseph passed away at the age of 80 while receiving treatment in Jaffna yesterday morning. Rev. Joseph was born on April 16,1940 on the island of Neduntheevu in the Northern Province. He was educated at St. Patrick\u2019s College in Jaffna. 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