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Bishop of Colombo may refer to: Anglican Bishop of Colombo; Roman Catholic Bishop of Colombo This page was last edited on 10 August 2021 ...
Pagnani was born on 24 June 1834 in Fabriano, Italy.In 1857, he was ordained as a priest in the Order of St Benedict and sent as a missionary to Ceylon. [1]Pagnani was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Colombo and titular Bishop of Hephaestus on 11 November 1879, and was consecrated Bishop of Colombo on 25 December 1879.
He was also the vicar at several churches; Church of the Ascension Matara 2000 - 2003, Christ Church Mutwal from 2003 - 2006, St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte 2006 - 2011, St Mary & St John Church, Nugegoda from 2012 - 2017, and St. Paul's Church Colombo 2017-2020. [5] In 2020, Rodrigo became the 16th Bishop of Colombo.
Its name was changed by Pope Pius XII to the Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon on December 6, 1944, but was returned to simply the Archdiocese of Colombo on May 22, 1972 by Pope Paul VI. It enjoyed Papal visits form Pope Paul VI (December 1970), Pope John Paul II (January 1995) and Pope Francis (January 2015).
Jabez Jebasir Gnanapragasam (30 July 1924 – 1 November 1997) was the 12th Anglican Bishop of Colombo, [1] Sri Lanka. [2] He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy, read History at University of Ceylon and Theology at Bishop's College, Calcutta. He was married to Grace (24 February 1934 – 2 October 2019) from 1953 until his death in November ...
An alumnus of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa he was the Archdeacon of Colombo in 1971 and consecrated Bishop of Colombo in January 1978. [2] A incumbent of All Saints' Church, Galle and St. Luke's Church Borella , he died on 5 December 2009 and a memorial service to honour his life of service to the Anglican Communion was held the following ...
Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey (born 23 May 1955) is a Sri Lankan bishop who was the Anglican Bishop of Colombo in the Church of Ceylon from 14 May 2011 to 28 September 2020. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life and family
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as one of the Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Colombo (alongside Rt. Rev Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando) on Nov. 28, 2011. He was the fourth priest to enter the episcopacy from Moratuwa following His Lordships Bishop Julian Winston Fernando, Bishop Marius Peiris, Bishop Valence Mendis.