Swithin Fernando

The Right Reverend Swithin Fernando
Anglican Bishop of Colombo
Church	Anglican Church of Ceylon
See	Anglican Diocese of Colombo
In office	1978–1987
Predecessor	Cyril Abeynaike
Successor	Jabez Jabasir Gnanapragasam
Orders
Ordination	1944

Swithin Winston Fernando is a former Anglican Bishop of Colombo in Sri Lanka.^[1]

A former student of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa he was made the Archdeacon of Colombo in 1971 and consecrated Bishop of Colombo in January 1978.^[2] A former 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 February.^[3]^[4]

References

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Cyril Abeynaike	Bishop of Colombo 1978 – 1987	Succeeded by Jabez Jabasir Gnanapragasam

Bishops of Colombo

James Chapman Piers Claughton Hugh Jermyn Reginald Copleston Ernest Copleston Mark Carpenter-Garnier Cecil Horsley Rollo Graham Campbell Harold De Soyza Cyril Abeynaike Swithin Fernando Jabez Gnanapragasam Kenneth Fernando Duleep De Chickera Dhiloraj Canagasabey

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