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Today · 28 OctEventha· sasa
Oblate bishop
Vicar General & Indigenous Prelate of Colombo
Province necrology · Register no. 168
From the Province register of Oblates who served in Ceylon and Jaffna. Dates are written day, month, year.
Monsignor Aloysius M. Perera was a distinguished Sri Lankan prelate born in Kotahena, Colombo. He represented a vital generation of native clergy who assumed major administrative responsibilities in the Church. Serving as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Colombo, Mgr. Perera bridged the transition between European missionary leadership and the emerging indigenous hierarchy. He was highly esteemed for his pastoral empathy, eloquent preaching, and untiring care for urban working-class parishes in Colombo.
In memoriam
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
Monsignor Aloysius M. Perera was a distinguished Sri Lankan prelate born in Kotahena, Colombo. He represented a vital generation of native clergy who assumed major administrative responsibilities in the Church.
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