The Holy Father has accepted the resignation presented by Msgr. Joseph Kingsley Swampillai, from the

 

pastoral care of the Diocese of Trincomalee, in Sri Lanka, in accordance with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of

 

Canon Law and has appointed Rev. Noel Emmanuel Christian, presently Episcopal Vicar and General

 

Treasurer of the same diocese as the new Bishop of Trincomalee.

 

Rev. Dr. Christian Noel Emmanuel, was born December 25, 1960, in Trincomalee. After secondary school,

 

he entered the St. Joseph's Minor Seminary. In the years 1978 - 1981 he studied philosophy at the

 

National Seminary of Kandy. From 1981 to 1982 he did a year of regency with pastoral work. In 1983 he

 

entered the St. Paul's Major Seminary, Triruchirappally, in India, where, in 1986, he finished his theological

 

studies. He was ordained deacon 12 March, 1985 and was incardinated in the then undivided Diocese of

 

Trincomalee-Batticaloa. He received priestly ordination on May 21, 1986, in the Cathedral of Trincomalee.

 

From 2001 to 2011 He served as Professor at National Major Seminary in Ampitiya.