Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Anglican, Church of Ceylon |
Year consecrated | 1973 |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Geographic coordinates | 6°54′13″N79°52′24″E / 6.903619°N 79.873222°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Tom Neville Wynne-Jones, P. H. Wilson Peiris |
Type | Church |
General contractor | U. N. Gunasekera |
Groundbreaking | 28 October 1968 |
Website | |
www.cathedral.lk |
The Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour is located in Cinnamon Gardens (Colombo 07) a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the primary Anglican cathedral, affiliated to the Church of Ceylon. [1]
The decision to build the Anglican cathedral in Colombo, to replace the old cathedral in Mutwal, was initiated by Bishop Harold de Soysa, the first Ceylonese Anglican Bishop of Colombo. [2] [3] It was designed by P. H. Wilson Peiris (architect of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala) and the architect of the structure was Tom Neville Wynne-Jones CBE (architect of the Independence Memorial Hall). The construction was undertaken by the firm of U. N. Gunasekera. [1] [4] [5]
The foundation stone for the cathedral was laid on 28 October 1968 by Bishop Harold de Soysa. [2] The construction was subsequently overseen by his successor, Bishop Cyril Abeynaike, whose ideas were incorporated into some of the church's features. The cathedral was consecrated on 7 November 1973 [3] and has subsequently been used for all the Church of Ceylon's major religious ceremonies, including the consecration of all the bishops of Ceylon.
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