Please answer the following question: Facts: - title: anglican bishop of colombo - see: anglican diocese of colombo - type: bishop - term: 1978 -- 1987 - successor: jabez jabasir gnanapragasam - church: anglican church of ceylon - ordination: 1944 - predecessor: cyril abeynaike - name: swithin fernando Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of swithin fernando .
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swithin winston fernando is a former anglican bishop of colombo in sri lanka .a former student of prince of wales ' college , moratuwa he was made the archdeacon of colombo in 1971 and consecrated bishop of colombo in january 1978 .a former incumbent of all saints ' church , galle and st. luke 's church borella , he died on 5 december 2009 and a memorial service to honour his life of service to the anglican communion was held the following february .