Dedicated to God's Peace: Bishop Emeritus Kumara Illangasinghe

Kumara Illangasinghe works for peace and justice around the world, with a focus on his war-torn home of Sri Lanka.

The Right Reverend Kumara Illangasinghe was an emeritus Bishop of the Anglican Church in the Diocese of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, between 2000 and 2010. He was previously the principal of the Theological College of Lanka between 1992 and 1999. In 2015, he was appointed Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the Parliament of the World's Religions.

Today, he heads OMNIA’s Interfaith Peacemaker Initiative in Sri Lanka and provides leadership to Sarva Dharmata Kendra (Center for All Religions), an interreligious organization based in Kandy, Sri Lanka.