Background
Balasuriya, Stanislaus Tissa was born on August 29, 1924 in Kahatagasdigiliya, Sri Lanka. Son of William and Victoria Balasuriya.
Balasuriya, Stanislaus Tissa was born on August 29, 1924 in Kahatagasdigiliya, Sri Lanka. Son of William and Victoria Balasuriya.
Student, University Ceylon, Rome. Student, Gregorian University, Rome. Student, Oxford University.
Student, Maris Stella College, Negombo. Student, St. Patrick's College, Jaffina. Student, St. Joseph's College, Colombo.
Co-founded Aquinas University with Father Peter Pillai, 1954, rector, 1964—1971. Founded Center for Society and Religion, Colombo, 1971, director, since 1971, Citizens Committee for National Harmony in Sri Lanka, 1977—1991. Visiting professor Faculty Theology, University Ottawa, 1993—1994.
Excommunicated from Catholic Church for refusing to sign 'Profession of Faith', 1997.