St Theresa's Church Colombo
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | St Theresa's Church |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Style | Church |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Thimbirigasyaya |
| Diocese | Diocese of Colombo |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Rev. Fr. Neil Dias Karunarathne |
The Church of the St. Theresa's 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..
[edit] History
It was the year 1937, Mrs. Dias was made a proposal to Fr. Giwdan, the parish priest of Bambalapitiya to lay a foundation for a Catholic church. Bishop has given his permission and as a result the temporary structure was built and dedicated to St. Theresa. In cause of time the catholic community of the area was fairly large and Fr. James has initiated a process in 1934 to construct the existing church.
It was the year 1951, the first step was taken to construct the church and in 1952 archbishop Thomas Corey has handed over the church to Dominican fathers.
The Church was completed and consecrated on 7th October 1961 by the archbishop Thomas cooray.
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Coordinates: 6°53′41.73″N 79°52′20.30″E / 6.894925°N 79.872306°E
