Ernest Arthur Copleston (1855 – 24 August 1933[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
Reginald Edward, vicar of Barnes, fellow of Exeter College, Oxford,[3] and Anne Elizabeth née Sharpe,[4] educated at St John's College, Oxford[5] and ordained in 1878.
[8] On 18 August 1883 he was appointed the incumbent at the Holy Emmanuel Church, Moratuwa, together with St Peter’s Church, Koralawella,[9] and then Principal of the Diocesan Training College, Kandy until 1903.
[10] On 30 August 1903 he was consecrated as the fifth Anglican Bishop of Colombo at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta.
His brother Reginald Stephen Copleston was also an Anglican bishop, whilst another brother, Frederick Selwyn Copleston, was the first Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Lower Burma.