RECONSTRUCTED CHURCH OF ST. FRNACIS OF ASSISI, UDUGAMPOLA.

On October 2, 2022, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith reopened and blessed the rebuilt Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Udugampola. Revd. Fr. Subash Fernando, OMI, the parish priest in charge at the time, started the constructions in 2012, and his successor, Revd. Fr. Dudley Saparamadu, OMI, carried them out. Revd. Fr. Indika Prasad, the current parish priest, completed the project. Consecration Mass was officiated by His Eminence, Revd. Fr. Subash Fernando and Revd. Fr. Dudley Saparamadu concelebrated the Holy Eucharistic celebration.