We deeply regret to announce the death of Rev Fr. W D Cyril Joseph
His Mortal remains will lie in state at the Archbishop’s House till 6.00 p.m. 13th November and thereafter transferred to St. Mary’s Church, Niripola, Hanwella. Requiem Mass will be held on Thursday the 14th November at 2.30 p.m. followed by burial at the Church Cemetery.
Rev Fr. Cyril Joseph was born on 3rd September 1938 and was ordained on 21st December 196
He served the mission of the Lord as:
| April 1965 | Assistant Parish Priest |
Bambalapitiya |
| February 1967 | Parish Priest | Uswetakeiyawa |
| June 1970 | Parish Priest | Kamaragoda |
| April 1972 | Parish Priest | Enderamulla |
| September 1972 | Assistant | Hawarden Seminary, Haputale |
| January 1977 | Bursar | St. Aloysius Seminary, Colombo 8 |
| September 1984 | Bursar | St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 |
| August 1986 | Rector | Hawarden Seminary, Haputale |
| September 1987 | Parish Priest | Kepungoda |
| August 1988 | Rector | St. Aloysius Seminary |
| August 1992 | Parish Priest | Periyamulla |
| September 1993 | Director | Daham Sevana, Kalutara |
| October 1997 | Rector | St. John Mary Vianney Seminary |
| October 1998 | Director | Daham Sevana, Kalutara |
| October 1999 | Assistant Parish Priest |
Kochchikade |
| October 2000 | National Seminary - Philosophate | |
| December 2017 | Retired | Evening Star |
“For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.”
[ Rom. 14 : 7-8 ]
