The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Sri Lanka
This page contains a list of the greatest Sri Lankan Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 2,238 Religious Figures, 2 of which were born in Sri Lanka. This makes Sri Lanka the birth place of the 103rd most number of Religious Figures behind Haiti and Madagascar.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Sri Lankan Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Sri Lankan Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Malcolm Ranjith (1947 - )
With an HPI of 44.44, Malcolm Ranjith is the most famous Sri Lankan Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Patabendige Albert Malcolm Ranjith (Sinhala: පටබැඳිගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් මැල්කම් රංජිත්) (born 15 November 1947), known as Malcolm Ranjith, is a Sri Lankan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, since 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2010. Ranjith previously served as auxiliary bishop of Colombo (1991–1995), Bishop of Ratnapura (1995–2001), Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2001–2004), Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and East Timor (2004–2005), and Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2005–2009).
2. Thomas Cooray (1901 - 1988)
With an HPI of 41.25, Thomas Cooray is the 2nd most famous Sri Lankan Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
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. Pope Paul VI made him a cardinal in 1965. His cause of canonization commenced in 2010 and he has been bestowed with the title of Servant of God.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as religious figures born between 1901 and 1947. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living religious figures include Malcolm Ranjith. The most famous deceased religious figures include Thomas Cooray. As of April 2022, 1 new religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Thomas Cooray.
