Bishop of Colombo

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The Anglican Bishop of Colombo is the bishop of the Diocese of Colombo, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion.

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  1. James Chapman 1845-1861 D.D (First Bishop of Colombo installed in the presiding seat)
  2. Piers Calverly Claughton 1862-1871 D.D.
  3. Hugh Willoughby Jermyn 1872- 1875 D.D. (Later Primus of Scotland)
  4. Reginald Stephen Copleston 1876-1902 D.D. (Translated to Calcutta as Metropolitan)
  5. Ernest Arthur Copleston 1903-1924 D.D.
  6. Mark Rudolph Carpenter-Garnier D.D. 1924-1938
  7. Cecil Douglas Horsely M.A. D.D. 1938-1947
  8. Archibald Rollo Graham Campbell D.D. 1948-1964
  9. Charles Harold Wilfred de Soysa M.A. 1964-1971 (First Ceylonese Bishop of Colombo)
  10. Cyril Lindon Abeynaike M.A. 1971-1977
  11. Swithin Winston Fernando 1978-1987
  12. Jabez Jabasir Gnanapragasam B.D. 1987-1992
  13. Kenneth Michael James Fernando B.A. B.D. 1992-2001
  14. Duleep Kamil de Chickera B.Th. M.Sc. 2001-
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