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Rayappu Joseph

Sri Lankan Tamil bishop (1940-2021)
Person human Q2134010

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
April 16, 1940
Date of death
April 1, 2021
Place of birth
Neduntheevu
Place of death
Jaffna
Country of citizenship
Sri Lanka[7]
Occupation
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held
diocesan bishop[8]
Educated at
Pontifical Urbaniana University, St. Patrick's College, Jaffna[9][10]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[11]
Consecrator
Thomas Savundaranayagam, François Bacqué, Nicholas Fernando[14][15][16]
Family name
Joseph[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rayappu Joseph zh 賴亞普普·約瑟夫
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
joseph
Freebase ID
/m/0k0wlh0
GCatholic person ID
3012
Prabook ID
1942068
SBN author ID
LIGV051908

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Consecrator 3
François Bacqué, Thomas Savundaranayagam, Nicholas Fernando
Occupation 2
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
← Consecrator 2
Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando, Maxwell Silva
Country of citizenship 1
Sri Lanka
Educated at 1
Pontifical Urbaniana University
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Neduntheevu
Place of death 1
Jaffna
Position held 1
diocesan bishop
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Rayappu Joseph was born on April 16, 1940[1], in Neduntheevu[2]. He died on April 1, 2021[3], in Jaffna[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

FAQs

Where was Rayappu Joseph born?

Rayappu Joseph's place of birth was Neduntheevu[2].

Where did Rayappu Joseph die?

Rayappu Joseph died in Jaffna[4].

What did Rayappu Joseph do for work?

Rayappu Joseph worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

Where did Rayappu Joseph go to school?

Rayappu Joseph was educated at Pontifical Urbaniana University[9] and St. Patrick's College, Jaffna[10].

Related Entities

Jaffna Sri Lanka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . colombopage.com. Retrieved . colombopage.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . colombopage.com. Retrieved . colombopage.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . colombopage.com. Retrieved . colombopage.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Balû · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Joseph
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'pl', 'simple', 'sw', 'ta']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Family name: Joseph, Familienname (P734) ergänzt"
  2. 7w ago · Bargioni · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Jaffna
    Position held → diocesan bishop
    Country of citizenship → Sri Lanka
    Instance of → human
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53268|batch #53268]]: add P1810 to P1047"
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