Thomas Cooray
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His Eminence Thomas Benjamin Cooray Servant of God |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Colombo |
| Metropolis | Colombo |
| See | Colombo |
| Predecessor | Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I. |
| Successor | Nicholas Fernando |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo (1965-1988) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 June 1929 |
| Consecration | 14 December 1945 by Leo Peter Kierkels |
| Created Cardinal | 22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Thomas Benjamin Cooray |
| Born |
December 28, 1901 Negombo, Ceylon |
| Died | 29 October 1988 (aged 86) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Buried | Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka |
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| Motto | Ministrare non ministrari ("To serve, not to be served") |
| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Servant of God |
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Styles of Thomas Cooray |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Colombo (Emeritus) |
Thomas Benjamin Cooray (Sinhala language: තෝමස් බෙන්ජමින් කුරේ), O.M.I. (28 December 1901 – 29 October 1988) 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.
Thomas Benjamin Cooray was born to a poor but religious family in Negombo, and attended St. Aloysius Seminary in Borella, and St. Joseph's College and University College in Colombo before going to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), obtaining a doctorate in philosophy summa cum laude. After entering the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 23, 1929. Finishing his Roman studies in 1931, he then did pastoral work in Colombo until 1945, whilst teaching at St. Joseph's College and serving as a university chaplain. He also became rector of the Oblate seminary in Sri Lanka.
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