St. Luke's Church, Mampe, Piliyandala, is a Christian (Anglican) church located at the centre of

Piliyandala Piliyandala (, ) is a suburb in Colombo district , Sri Lanka. It is situated approximately south of Colombo. Piliyandala clock tower According to local residents and documentation, Piliyandala clock tower is the second tallest in the islan ...

, a suburb of

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, Sri Lanka. The church's first priest was the Rev. R. T. Dowbiggin (from 1896 to 1902). Mampe Primary School is also situated at the same location. The school was the property of the

Church Missionary Society The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British Anglican mission society working with Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as ...

(CMS). In 1962, with the government takeover of church schools, the mission house was also taken together with much of the land that belonged to the church.

References

The Official web page on the diocesan website
Churches completed in 1896 19th-century Anglican church buildings in Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-church-stub