Harold De Soyza

Right Reverend Harold De Soysa
Anglican Bishop of Colombo
Church	Anglican Church of Ceylon
See	Anglican Diocese of Colombo
In Office	1964 — 1971
Predecessor	Bishop Graham Campbell
Successor	Cyril Lindon Abeynaike
Orders
Ordination	Cuddesdon
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Born	Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Previous post	Archdeacon of Colombo

Charles Harold Wilfred de Soysa, MA is the first Ceylonese Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[1]

Educated at Royal College, Colombo and at the University of Oxford was trained for Ordination at Cuddesdon.

Working England for a short period, he returned to Ceylon serving in Kandy and Moratuwa. He was the Principal of the Colombo Divinity School, during this time he was made the Archdeacon of Colombo. He was one of only two Bishops of Colombo to be elected uncontested and was the first Ceylonese Bishop of Colombo.

He played a very important role in the Church Union and the Ecumenical Movement. In fact, his work in this area, was so recognised that, he was part of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Anglican Roman Catholic conversations.

He was instrumental in the construction of the Anglican Cathedral.

See also

• Church of Ceylon
• Bishop of Colombo

References

1. ^ Bishop Harold de Soysa

External links

• The Church of Ceylon (Anglican Communion)
• Anglican Church of Ceylon News
• A Sinhalese Hymn filmed at Holy Emmanuel Church, Moratuwa where Bishop Harold De Soysa was once Vicar - Anglican Church of Ceylon on You Tube
• A History of Holy Emmanuel Church, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

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Name	De Soysa, Harold
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