Bishop of Colombo

The Anglican Bishop of Colombo is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Colombo, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion. The Diocese of Colombo was founded in 1845, as the diocese of the Church of England in Ceylon.

List of bishops

Bishops of Colombo
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1845	1861	James Chapman	first Bishop of Colombo installed in the presiding seat
1862	1871	Piers Claughton	first Bishop of St Helena (1859 – 61) and upon his return to England was appointed Archdeacon of London (1871 – 84)
1872	1875	Hugh Jermyn	translated to Bishop of Brechin (1875 – 1903) and Primus of Scotland (1886 – 1901)
1876	1902	Reginald Copleston	translated to Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India (1902 – 13)
1903	1924	Ernest Copleston
1924	1938	Mark Carpenter-Garnier
1938	1947	Cecil Horsley	appointed as Bishop of Gibraltar (1947–53)
1948	1964	Rollo Graham Campbell
1964	1971	Harold de Soysa	first Ceylonese Bishop of Colombo
1971	1977	Cyril Abeynaike
1978	1987	Swithin Fernando
1987	1992	Jabez Gnanapragasam
1992	2001	Kenneth Fernando
2001	2010	Duleep De Chickera
2011	present	Dhiloraj Canagasabey

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