Rev Fr Gemunu Dias Jayewardene – Council Member

Rev. Fr. Gemunu Dias Jayewardene was ordained priest in 1998. He has worked in different capacities both in parishes and educational institutions of the Archdiocese of Colombo. Since 2000, Fr Dias Jayewardene served in the Archdiocese taking up enormous responsibilities in the field of education. Having served in several schools, he was appointed as the Vice Rector of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 (2011-2014) and then promoted to be the Rector of St. Joseph’s College, Wattala (2014-2017). Then he served as the Deputy Director of Education & Deputy General Manager of Catholic Private Schools in the Western Province of Sri Lanka.

In 2020 he was promoted as the Manager of Catholic Private Schools. Currently he is both the Archdiocesan and the National Director of Catholic Education.