Sri Lanka’s Diocese of Colombo, a short while ago elected Ven. Dhiloraj
Canakasabey, uncontested, as the fifteenth Bishop of Colombo, reports
The Asian Tribune.
The Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon
elected the incumbent Archdeacon of Nuwara Eliya, Ven. Dhiloraj
Canakasabey as the Bishop of Colombo.
Although Ven. Canakasabey’s was uncontested he had to obtain the
required two-thirds majority of both the House of Laity as well as the
House of Clergy, as per the Constitution, Canons and Rules of the Church
of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon.
He succeeds Rt. Rev. Duleep Kamil De Chickera, who was consecrated and
installed as the Bishop in May 2000, and is the second Tamil to be
appointed as the Bishop of Colombo, after Rt. Rev. J J Gnaprakasham.
Outgoing bishop- Rt. Rev. De Chickera, on December 19, 2010, announced
that he would step down from the mantle of the ‘See of Colombo’, adding
that he would leave the country once a successor is found for his
office.
Ven. Canakasabey is likely to be installed during the third week of May.
Affectionately known as “Fr. Dilo” he is a priest loved by all
Anglicans regardless of race or language.