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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Sri Lanka

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Sri Lanka

The Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is composed of one ecclesiastical province with an archdiocese and 11 suffrages dioceses.

·        Diocese of Anuradhapura
·        Diocese of Badulla
·        Diocese of Batticaloa
·        Diocese of Chilaw
·        Archdiocese of Colombo
·        Diocese of Galle
·        Diocese of Jaffna
·        Diocese of Kandy
·        Diocese of Kurunegala
·        Diocese of Mannar
·        Diocese of Ratnapura
·        Diocese of Trincomalee

 #
Catholics
Population
Percent Catholic
Diocese
Year
Source
1
648,184
5,522,956
11.74%
Colombo (Archdiocese)
2004
ap2005
2
231,205
679,113
34.05%
Chilaw
2004
ap2005
3
166,329
1,625,925
10.23%
Jaffna
2004
ap2005
4
75,435
2,414,973
3.12%
Kandy
2004
ap2005
5
73,977
219,633
33.68%
Mannar
2004
ap2005
6
62,078
1,514,336
4.10%
Trincomalee-Batticaloa
2004
ap2005
7
48,967
1,505,866
3.25%
Kurunegala
2004
ap2005
8
23,812
1,797,355
1.32%
Ratnapura
2004
ap2005
9
21,985
1,614,000
1.36%
Badulla
2004
ap2005
10
9,855
1,105,663
.89%
Anuradhapura
2004
ap2005
11
8,100
2,210,486
.37%
Galle
2004
ap2005

·         Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese.

Thanks to- www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dlk.htm

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