# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/warnakulasurya-wadumestrige-devasritha-valence-mendis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:07:21.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/warnakulasurya-wadumestrige-devasritha-valence-mendis"
name: "Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis"
slug: "warnakulasurya-wadumestrige-devasritha-valence-mendis"
description: "Valence Mendis, formally Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Dewasrita Valence Mendis, is a Sri Lankan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Chilaw since 2006. He has been named bishop of Kandy, where he had spent his first years as a parish priest before joining the staff of the national seminary in Ampitiya and serving as its rector from 2001 to 2005."
tagline: "Sri Lankan Roman Catholic bishop"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1958-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.003096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warnakulasurya_Wadumestrige_Devasritha_Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warnakulasurya_Wadumestrige_Devasritha_Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Valence Mendis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warnakulasurya_Wadumestrige_Devasritha_Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Valence Mendis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Valence Mendis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warnakulasurya_Wadumestrige_Devasritha_Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warnakulasurya_Wadumestrige_Devasritha_Valence_Mendis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2549423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump