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Rev Shamindra Jayawardena elected Abbot General
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The Most Rev Dr Shamindra Jayawardena OSB has been elected as the Abbot General (Superior General) of the Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation.
He becomes the 119th successor of St Sylvester Guzzolini, Abbot, the founder of the monastic order.
Born on January 13, 1972, he took his first vows of the monastic order on August 15, 1992, and the final vows on August 15, 1998.
He was ordained a priest on December 21, 2000.He is a distinguished alumnus of St Anthony’s College, Wattala.
(Sarath Chinthaka in Wattala)