Hector Vernon Ivan Seneviratne Corea was a priest of the Church of Ceylon.
St Luke's Church is situated in the Borella district of Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. The church plays an important role within the history of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) on the island and is prominent within the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka.
Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka. It was introduced to the island in first century. Traditionally, after Thomas the Apostle's visit in Kerala in AD 52, Christianity is said to have been introduced to Sri Lanka because of its close geographical and commercial ties.
The Anglican Bishop of Colombo is the ecclesiastical head of the Anglican Diocese of Colombo, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Diocese of Colombo was founded in 1845, as the diocese of the Church of England in Ceylon.
The Church of Ceylon is the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka. It is an extra-provincial jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who serves as its Metropolitan. It was established in 1845 with the appointment of the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, James Chapman and until 1950 it consisted of a single diocese; in that year a second diocese was established at Kurunegala.
James Chapman (1799–1879) was the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, in British Ceylon, serving from 1845 to 1861.
Charles Harold Wilfred de Soysa MA (1907-1971) was the first Ceylonese Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Most Rev. Lakdasa Jacob De Mel (1902–1976), MA was the first Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka and the last Metropolitan Archbishop of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon.
St. Paul's Church is situated in the Milagiriya district of Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. It is one of the oldest churches in Sri Lanka as now part of the Anglican Church of Ceylon.
Cyril Leander Abeynaike was a former Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Swithin Winston Fernando was an Anglican Bishop of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
Jabez Jebasir Gnanapragasam was the 12th Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka. 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 from 1953 until his death in November 1997. His brother, Emmanuel was also an Anglican priest.
The Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) was the autonomous ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in British India.
All Saints' Church is an Anglican church located within the Galle fort in Galle, Sri Lanka and is located on Church Road.
The Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour is located in Cinnamon Gardens a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the primary Anglican cathedral, affiliated to the Church of Ceylon.
Andrew Oliver Kumarage, , was the third Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
Gregory Shantha Kumar Francis, was an Anglican Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
The Diocese of Colombo is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The diocesan bishop's seat is Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour. The current bishop of Colombo is Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo.
Cathedral of Christ the King is located on Kandy Road, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. It is the primary Anglican cathedral of the Diocese of Kurunegala, affiliated to the Church of Ceylon.
Keerthisiri Fernando is the sixth Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
