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Kingsley Swampillai

Rt Rev.
Kingsley Swampillai
Bishop of Trincomalee
Church Roman Catholic Church
Province Colombo
Diocese Trincomalee
Installed 17 March 1983
Term ended 3 June 2015
Predecessor Leo Rajendram Antony
Successor Noel Emmanuel
Personal details
Born (1936-12-09) 9 December 1936 (age 80)
Kayts, Ceylon
Alma mater St. Patrick's College, Jaffna

Right Reverend Joseph Kingsley Swampillai (born 9 December 1936) is a Sri Lankan Tamil priest and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Trincomalee.

Swampillai was born on 9 December 1936 in Kayts on the island of Velanaitivu in northern Ceylon. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Jaffna.

Swampillai was ordained as a priest in December 1961. In March 1983 he became Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa. He became Bishop of Trincomalee after the creation of the Diocese of Batticaloa in July 2012. Swampillai resigned on 3 June 2015.


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