Thomas Benjamin Cooray (Sinhala language: තෝමස් බෙන්ජමින් කුරේ), O.M.I. (28 December 1901 – 29 October 1988) was a Sri Lankan cardinal of the Roman Catholic...
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Sirisena Cooray, Sri Lankan politician Tennison Cooray (1952–2020), Sri Lankan actor Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), Sri Lankan priest Vernon Cooray, Swedish...
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Thomas Joshua Cooper (born 1946), American photographer Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), first Sri Lankan cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, 1947–1976 Thomas...
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Alongside Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Cardinals Alfredo Ottaviani and Thomas Cooray, he was part of the association of traditionalist Council fathers named...
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(1944–1947); see above Thomas Cooray, O.M.I. (1947–1972); Cardinal in 1965; see below Archbishops of Colombo Cardinal Thomas Cooray, O.M.I. (1972–1976);...
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Premadasa, Nirj Deva Member of the British Parliament and Cardinal Thomas Cooray, the first Catholic Cardinal from Sri Lanka. The (Latin) motto of the...
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Lanka. Masson died the following year and his successor Archbishop Thomas Cooray took on the responsibility of ensuring his predecessor's vision was...
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LaPlante, priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (Bangladesh) Thomas Cooray, cardinal, archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka) Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn,...
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January 1958. Mudaliyar Mendis Mawatha in Negombo is named after him. Thomas Cooray (28 December 1901 – 29 October 1988), first indigenous Archbishop of...
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Thea Bowman 1990 1990 nun Therese Neumann 1962 2005 German mystic Thomas Cooray 1988 2011 Sri Lankan cardinal Toni Zweifel 1989 2018 Swiss engineer...
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prominent clerical positions, including a number of cardinals, such as Thomas Cooray and Francis George. OMI candidates for sainthood include Józef Cebula...
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10th bishop of Colombo (Anglican) Tissa Balasuriya (Catholic) Cardinal Thomas Cooray, 8th archbishop of Colombo Ivan Corea (Anglican) Duleep de Chickera...
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Name Notability Reference Thomas Cooray Cardinal (1965–1988), Archbishop of Colombo (1947–1976) Oswald Gomis Archbishop of Colombo (2002–2009), Chancellor...
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baseballer (New York Giants). Joe Comfort, 71, American jazz double bassist. Thomas Cooray, 86, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo. Nataša...
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Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve (1883–1947), Archbishop of Quebec, Canada Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Sebastian Koto Khoarai...
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Mahapreukpong, Thai actress Louis Charles Casartelli, fourth Bishop of Salford Thomas Cooray, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Walpola Rahula Thero, Sri Lankan...
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Galle Road, Wellawatte. On 17 January 1954 the Archbishop of Colombo, Thomas Cooray laid the foundation stone for the new church. Construction took fourteen...
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Madagascar (Rakotomalala), Nigeria (Ekandem), Senegal (Thiandoum), Sri Lanka (Cooray), Switzerland (Journet), and Vietnam (Trịnh). When Paul VI added members...
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Permanent Secretary; Diyawadana Nilame of the Temple of the Tooth Cardinal Thomas Cooray, OMI – former Archbishop of Colombo; first Cardinal from Sri Lanka Rt...
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August 1969, he was sent to the Pontifical Urban University by Cardinal Thomas Cooray; he graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Theology, and was ordained...
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by Pope Francis on 8 April 2013, will be beatified on 26 April 2014. Thomas Cooray O.M.I., 1931 Doctorate in Philosophy. Late Cardinal, Archbishop of the...
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Archbishop of Westminster 1956–1963 Preceded by Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo 1958–1963 Succeeded by Thomas Cooray...
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family lived in the Thomaspuri ward of Vankalai, named after Cardinal Thomas Cooray. According to local residents, security forces visited several houses...
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priests Peter A. Pillai, the former rector of St. Joseph's College, and Thomas Cooray, the Archbishop of Colombo, as a Catholic university open to all ethnic...
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Commander of the Army Cyril Abeynaike – Anglican Bishop of Colombo Thomas Cooray – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo Bastiampillai Deogupillai – Roman...
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Reginald Cooray (12 November 1947 – 13 January 2023) was a Sri Lankan teacher and politician. He was a provincial chief minister, a government minister...
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Kandy. On 2 February 1957, he was ordained by the Most Reverend Thomas Cardinal Cooray at St. Lucia Cathedral, Kotahena. From 1957 to 1959, he worked as...
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Rauff Hakeem (section Kumari Cooray controversy)
During the 2001 parliamentary election campaign Kumari Cooray, daughter of politician Mervyn J. Cooray, claimed and then denied that she had been having an...
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Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis (Sinhala: ඔස්වල්ඩ් තෝමස් කොල්මන් ගෝමිස්; 12 December 1932 – 3 February 2023) was the emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo...
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encounter between traditional school rivals Royal College, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia. Begun in 1962 as the Royal Thomian Boat Race it later...
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