Duleep Kamil De Chickera is the 14th

Anglican Bishop of Colombo The Anglican Bishop of Colombo is the ecclesiastical head of the Anglican Diocese of Colombo, a diocese in the Church of Ceylon which is part of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Diocese of Colombo was founded in 1845, as the diocese of the C ...

, Sri Lanka. He was inaugurated in 2001. Educated at Royal College, Colombo representing the college at 1st XV Rugby, he gained his training for the ministry at

Theological College of Lanka The Theological College of Lanka (TCL) is a college that was inaugurated in 1963 by the Anglican Church, the Methodist Church and the Baptist Church in Sri Lanka. Later the Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of Lanka) joined the federation, to educ ...

in Pilimathalawa, earning a B.Th thereafter earning a M.Sc. from Keble College, Oxford. He had served first as chaplain and then as the sub-warden of S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia from 1983 to 1989 before being consecrated as a bishop. Bishop Duleep was accorded an honour in 2008 when he preached a key sermon at the

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in the presence of 650 Bishops from around the world. The conference was boycotted by around 200 bishops over the issues of sexuality and gender. "There is space equally for anyone and everyone, regardless of colour, ability, gender or sexual orientation. It is an inclusive communion", Bishop de Chickera orated at Canterbury Cathedral. Dr

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, Archbishop of Canterbury, presided. The sermon orated by the Bishop of Colombo at the Lambeth Conference of 2009The Archbishop of Canterbury says: 'Now we must work out what is really important' (The Times)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Chickera, Duleep 1948 births Living people 20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia Sri Lankan Anglican bishops Sri Lankan educational theorists Sri Lankan chaplains Anglican chaplains Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Sri Lankan expatriates in the United Kingdom People associated with S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia Anglican bishops of Colombo

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