Swithin Fernando Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Swithin Fernando
Bishop of Colombo
Church:Anglican Church of Ceylon
See:Anglican Diocese of Colombo
Term:1978–1987
Successor:Jabez Jabasir Gnanapragasam
Ordination:1944

Swithin Winston Fernando was an Anglican Bishop of Colombo in Sri Lanka.[1]

An alumnus of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa he was the Archdeacon of Colombo in 1971 and consecrated Bishop of Colombo in January 1978.[2] A incumbent of All Saints' Church, Galle and St. Luke's Church Borella, he died on 5 December 2009 and a memorial service to honour his life of service to the Anglican Communion was held the following year in February.[3] [4] [5]

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  1. http://www.stcmount.sch.lk/collprofile/bishops.html St Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia
  2. http://www.island.lk/2009/12/06/news2.html Sunday Island
  3. http://sundaytimes.lk/091206/News/nws_12.html Sunday Times
  4. http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/02/19/news60.asp Daily News
  5. http://archives1.sundayobserver.lk/2019/02/10/focus/holy-emmanuel-church-moratuwa-towering-monument-faith Holy Emmanuel Church, Moratuwa: A towering monument of faith