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After extensive repairs this church was opened to the public for worship on 25 July 1828 (St. James' day). [2] Bishop James Chapman consecrated the church in 1847 and in 1849 a 60 feet tower was added. [2] The church was declared an archaeological protected monument in December 2011. [5]
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia (abbreviated as STC), is a fee-levying Anglican selective entry boys' private school in Sri Lanka.Started as a private school by James Chapman, the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, in 1851, it was founded as a college and cathedral for the new Diocese of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon, modelled on British Public school tradition.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Jaffna was created on 17 February 1845 from the Diocese of Ceylon. [1] On 1 September 1886, it was promoted to a diocese. On 25 August 1893, parts of diocese were transferred to newly created Diocese of Trincomalee. [1]
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The Church of St. Theresa is a Roman Catholic church located at Thimbirigasyaya Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The current parish priest is Rev. Fr. Neil Dias Karunarathne C.Ss.R. Over time the Catholic community of the area had been growing, and a Fr. James initiated a process in 1934 to construct the existing church.
S. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa (abbreviated as STCG), is a fee-levying Anglican selective entry boys' private school located in Gurutalawa, in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. The college was founded as a private school by Dr. R. L. Hayman , the longest serving sub warden of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, in 1942.
St. Joseph's College is a selective-entry Roman Catholic school in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1896 by French Missionaries led by Rev. Father Christophe Ernest Bonjean . The college has over 4,000 enrolled students with a staff of over 450 as of 2023.
The first services were held on the island in 1796 and missionaries were sent to Ceylon to begin work in 1818. [4] The Church now has two dioceses, one in Colombo (covering the Western, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Uva provinces and Ratnapura, Nuwara Eliya and Puttalam districts) and the other in Kurunegala (covering Kurunegala, Kandy, Matale and Kegalla, Anuradapura, Polonnaruwa, districts).