# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oswald-gomis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:07:37.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oswald-gomis"
name: "Oswald Gomis"
slug: "oswald-gomis"
description: "Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis was the emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo and the former Chancellor of the University of Colombo (2002–2021). Msgr. Gomis' previous post was as the Bishop of Anuradhapura having been appointed in 1996. He was also the Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo from 1968 to 1996. He formally relinquished office and retired on 5 August 2009."
tagline: "Catholic archbishop (1932–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arch_Oswald.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1932-12-12"
deathDate: "2023-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump