Thomas Cooray
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| Date of birth | December 28,1901 |
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| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Negombo |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Date of died | October 29,1988 |
| Died | Colombo |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Place of burial | Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, Ragama, Sri Lanka |
| Successor | Nicholas Marcus Fernando |
| Predecessor | Jean-Marie Masson |
| Titl as saint | Servant of God |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Other post | Santi Nereo e Achilleo |
| Creat cardin | 22 February 1965; by Pope Paul VI |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 955445 |
About Thomas Cooray
Thomas Benjamin Cooray, O.M.I. was a Sri Lankan cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Colombo from 1947 to 1976, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965 by Pope Paul VI. His cause of canonization commenced in 2010 and he has been bestowed with the title of Servant of God.
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