St. Joseph's College

in 1892, the idea of a catholic college emerges with the proposal of the archbishop of colombo rt. rev. fr. christophe-étienne bonjean. due to the regulations that prevailed at the time when the grand plans were set in motion, a meeting with st benedict’s college colombo 13 was called to obtain necessary assistance until st. joseph’s college colombo was declared open in 1896. it took 4 years for this hallowed institution to turn a new chapter in catholic education since the idea of was conceived. st. joseph’s college is grateful to st benedict’s for their services when needed that resulted in the new era of catholic education in sri lanka. thereafter 27 acres of land called the ‘uplands’ was bought by the archbishop for this project, from the government. later however, this land was bought back by the government with compensation, and the catholic church bought a land at maradana in darley road from an egyptian called arabi pasha for the college building. on 12 december 1894 the fou