Indunil J. Kodithuwakku K.
Keynote Speech I
Rev. Msgr. Indunil J. Kodithuwakku K.
Secretary, Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
[Biography]
Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage was born in Sri Lanka in 1966 and ordained as a priest in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Colombo, and a Doctorate in Missiology from the Pontifical University Urbaniana. He has served as a lecturer at the Urbaniana and as a Formator at the Pontifical Urban College de Propaganda Fide in Rome. He joined the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue in 2012, becoming Under-Secretary and Secretary on July 4, 2019. Father Indunil was a member of the “Joint Working Group” sponsored by the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches, a Consultor for the “Reference Group” of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the World Council of Churches, and is a Member of the International Association for Catholic Missiologists.
Secretary, Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
[Biography]
Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage was born in Sri Lanka in 1966 and ordained as a priest in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Colombo, and a Doctorate in Missiology from the Pontifical University Urbaniana. He has served as a lecturer at the Urbaniana and as a Formator at the Pontifical Urban College de Propaganda Fide in Rome. He joined the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue in 2012, becoming Under-Secretary and Secretary on July 4, 2019. Father Indunil was a member of the “Joint Working Group” sponsored by the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches, a Consultor for the “Reference Group” of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the World Council of Churches, and is a Member of the International Association for Catholic Missiologists.