The Bishop of Kandy
- Name : Joseph Vianney Fernando
- Parents
- Father : K. Marius Fernando
- Mother : K.L. Catherine Perera
Important Days in Life..
- Born : 06th August 1942, Minuwangoda
- Entrance to the Minor Seminary : January 1956
- Entrance to the National Seminary : June 1959
- Ordained Priest : 21st December, 1966
- Nominated as the Bishop of Kandy : 27th March, 1983
- Episcopal Ordination : 21st May, 1983
Educated at..
- St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy
- St. Joseph’s minor Seminary, Kandy
- National Seminary, Ampitiya
- Aquinas University College, Colombo
- University of Peradeniya, B.A. 1973
- St. Paul’s University, Ottawa, Canada. M.C.L. 1977
Appointments as a Priest
- Assistant Parish Priest, St. Joseph’s Church, Gampola. 1967-1969
- Director KTI & SETIK 1973-1983
- Vicar General, Diocese of Kandy 1973-1983
- Parish Priest, St. Anthony’s Cathedral, Kandy 1977-1979
- Visiting Lecturer, National Seminary, Ampitiya 1978-1980
- Rector, St. Joseph’s minor Seminary, Kandy 1980-1981
- National Director, Social and Economic Development Centre 1980-1983
Services to the National Church
- Chairman Blessed Joseph Vaz Secretariat 1983 to date
- Chairman National Commission for Justice Peace and Human Development of CBCSL 1986-1991, 2001-2003
- Chairman National Commission for Seminaries, Clergy, Religious and Secular Institutes of CBCSL 1992-1994
- President of CBCSL 1995-1998, 2004-2007, 2007-to date
- Chairman National Commission for Liturgy & Culture of CBCSL 1998-2004
Services to the Universal Church
- Executive Chairman of FABC Office for Human Development 1995-1999
- President of Caritas Asia 1995-2003
- Vice President of Caritas International
- Member of the Pre-Synodal Council, Synod, and Post Synodal
- Council of the Special Synod of Bishops for Asia 1995- to date
- Member of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum 1980-1989
- Member of the Pontifical Council for Inter Religious Dialogue 1995-2002
- Member of the Episcopal Team for Canonical Visitation of Major Seminaries in India & Pakistan