‘New Anglican Dean of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, installed at St Andrew’s Cathedral’

Posted on February 7, 2016 
Filed under Sydney Diocese

kanishka-lectern-sydang“The new Anglican Dean of Sydney has made history. Kanishka Raffel, who was officially installed as Dean of Sydney last Thursday, is the first person from a non-European background to hold the role in the church’s history in Australia. …

Born in London to Sri-Lankan parents, Dean Raffel spent the first two decades of his life as a Buddhist before he was given a copy of the Bible while studying law at the University of Sydney.”

The Sydney Morning Herald has this story about a Buddhist who became a Christian, and is now Dean. (Photo: SydneyAnglicans.net)