St. Patrick's College, Jaffna

St. Patrick's College is a private school in Gurunagar,Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1850 by Roman Catholic missionaries.HistoryThe Jaffna Catholic English School was established in 1850 by Monsignor Orazio Bettacchini, an Italian Roman Catholic missionary. The school was later renamed Jaffna Boys' Seminary. The school was registered as a High School in 1881 and renamed St. Patrick's College on 10 January 1881.Most private schools in Ceylon were taken over by the government in 1960 but SPC chose to remain as a private and non-fee levying school.Big MatchSPC play Jaffna College in an annual cricket match known as the Battle of the Golds. The first match took place in 1917.Rectors/Principals 1850-58 Patrick Foy 1859-61 Rev. Bro. John Joseph Brown 1862-70 Rev. Bro. Patrick Joseph Conway 1870 Rev. Bro. Michael A. Murphy 1870-74 Rev. Bro. ( Fr.) Patrick O Flanagan 1874-75 T. W. McMahan 1875-80 Rev. Bro. ( Fr.) Patrick O Flanagan 1880-83 Rev. Bro. (Fr.) J. A. R. Smythe 1883-85 Rev. Fr. Charles H. Lytton 1885-88 Rev. Fr. Jules Collin 1888-89 Rev. Fr. M. Dubreuil 1889-01 Rev. Fr. Patrick Dunne 1901-02 Rev. Fr. Jules Collin 1902-05 Rev. Fr. Charles A. Beaud 1905-21 Rev. Fr. Charles S. Matthews 1921-24 Rev. Fr. John A. Guyomar 1924-36 Rev. Fr. Charles S. Matthews 1936-54 Rev. Fr. Timothy M. F. Long 1954-60 Rev. Fr. S. N. Arulnesan 1960-66 Rev. Fr. P. J. Jeevaratnam 1966-76 Rev. Fr. T. A. J. Mathuranayagam 1976-79 Rev. Fr. John A. Francis 1979-92 Rev. Fr. G. A. Michael (Francis) Joseph 1992-02 Rev. Fr. A. I. Bernard 2002-07 Rev. Fr. Dr. Justin Gnanapragasam 2008- Rev. Fr. Jero Selvanayagam