Archdiocese of Colombo
ARCHDIOCESE OF COLOMBO (Archidioecesis Columbensis in Taprobane)
Country: Sri Lanka
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Established: 1834 as Diocese of Ceylon
Renamed 1845 as Diocese of Colombo
Promoted to Archdiocese of Colombo in 1887
Renamed 1944 to Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon
Renamed 1972 to Archdiocese of Colombo
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Arms of Bishops
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Hilarion Silani (1863-1879)
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Clemente Pagnani (1879-1883)
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Christophe-Etienne Bonjean (1883-1886)
Arms of Archbishops
Christophe-Etienne Bonjean (1886-1892)
André-Théophile Mélizan (1893-1905)
Antoine Coudert (1905-1929)
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Pierre-Guillaume Marque (1929-1937)
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Jean-Marie Masson (1938-1947)
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Thomas Cooray (1947-1976)
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Nicholas Marcus Fernando (1977-2002)
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Oswald Gomis (2002-2009)
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Christophe-Etienne Bonjea (1886-1892)
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André-Théophile Mélizan (1893-1905)
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Antoine Coudert (1905-1929)
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Pierre-Guillaume Marque (1929-1937)
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Jean-Marie Masson (1938-1947)
Thomas Cooray (1947-1976)
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Nicholas Marcus Fernando (1977-2002)
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Oswald Gomis (2002-2009)
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (2009-present)
Arms of Auxiliary Bishops
Frank Marcus Fernando (1965-1968)
Oswald Gomis (1968-1995)
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Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva (2011-present)
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Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton Jayakody (2018-present)
Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (2020-present)
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