- Date of Consecration
- 1936 - 12 - 05
- Archdeaconry
- Galle Archdeaconry
- Vicar
- The Archdeacon of Galle
- Assistant Curate
- Revd. Surain Fernando
The Anglican Church at Matara claims a period of over a century of its Ministry in the South which began with the consecration of St. Thomas’ Church at Nupe, Matara housed in an old Gothic structure which is no more. With the help of energetic and devoted priests such as the late Rev. W.N. Guerney the Church went from strength to strength and the congregation increased tremendously which necessitated a change in size and location.
The establishment of the Churches at Tangalle and Hambantota along with schools such as Christ Church, College, Tangalle helped the educational and evangelistic work undertaken by the Church, and the Denepitiya Medical Mission which celebrated the 69th year of service last year (started work in 1916) is a living monument of the service rendered by the Anglican Mission to the sick and the needy of the community. In order to replace the Old St. Thomas’ Church at Nupe, Matara which no longer could accommodate the expanding congregation at that time, the present Church, namely the Church of the Ascension, Matara was built with the assistance of the congregation spearheaded by the late Rev. J.C. Clive Perera, the Vicar and the Church Wardens at that time and it was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Mark Carpenter Garnier, the Lord Bishop of Colombo on 5 December 1936.
| Name | From | To | Remarks |
| Rev. J. C. C. Perera | 1931 | 1946 | Consecrated on 05th December 1936 |
| Rev. L. L. P Arulpragasam | 1946 | 1955 | |
| Rev. Ravnerl Pereira | 1956 | 1962 | |
| Rev. Alick Dias Abeysinghe | 1963 | 1964 | |
| Rev. Titus Refuge | 1964 | 1970 | |
| Rev. John Daniel | 1971 | 1979 | |
| Rev. Ashley Perera | 1980 | 1983 | |
| Rev. Suresh Dias Bandaranayake | 1984 | 1988 | |
| Rev. Patrick Pereira | 1989 | 1992 | |
| Rev. Keerthisiri Fernando | 1993 | 1995 | |
| Rev. Sirimal de Silva | 1996 | ||
| Rev. E. D. Cyril | 1997 | 1998 | |
| Rev. Dushyantha Rodrigo | 1999 | 2001 | |
| Rev. H. S. Jayawardana | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Rev. Niroshan de Mel | 2004 | 2007 | |
| Rev. Sunil Shantha Gunatilaka | 2008 | 2011 | |
| Rev. L. S. Ridgeway Gunawardana | 2012 | todate |
Contact Details
- Postal Address
- Church of the Ascension, Matara
- Telephone
- 0914 380 766
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