Archdiocese Colombo – Newswire https://www.newswire.lk Sri Lanka's largest News aggregator Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:20:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 https://www.newswire.lk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/favicon.png Archdiocese Colombo – Newswire https://www.newswire.lk 32 32 Rev. Fr. Benedict Joseph passes away https://www.newswire.lk/2025/09/12/rev-fr-benedict-joseph-passes-away/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:20:05 +0000 https://www.newswire.lk/?p=202835

Former Director for Social Communications at the Archdiocese of Colombo, Rev. Fr. Benedict Joseph, has passed away. According to theContinue Reading

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Former Director for Social Communications at the Archdiocese of Colombo, Rev. Fr. Benedict Joseph, has passed away.

According to the Catholic Church of Colombo, Rev. Fr. Benedict Joseph was 85 years old at the time of his demise. 

On December 19, 1970, the late Thomas Cardinal Cooray ordained Fr. Benedict as a Priest of the Catholic Church at St. Lucia’s Cathedral, Kotahena. Since then, he has served as a TV, radio, cinema and print media personality in Sri Lanka. (Newswire)

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