Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla

Diocese of Badulla

Dioecesis Badullana

பதுளை மாவட்ட
Badulla, St Mary Church
Location
CountrySri Lanka
Ecclesiastical provinceColombo
MetropolitanColombo
Statistics
Area9,349 km2 (3,610 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2012)
1,724,000
18,635 (1.1%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established18 December 1972
CathedralCathedral of St Mary in Badulla
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop electEchchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva
Metropolitan ArchbishopMalcolm Ranjith
Bishops emeritusJulian Winston Sebastian Fernando
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla (Lat: Dioecesis Badullana) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.

Erected as the Diocese of Badulla in 1972, the diocese was created from territory in the Diocese of Kandy. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. Its cathedral is St. Mary’s church.

The current bishop, Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva , was appointed in January 2023.

Ordinaries

  • Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. (18 December 1972 Appointed – 28 May 1982 Died)
  • Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. (5 December 1983 Appointed – 3 March 1997 Retired)
  • Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. (25 March 1997 – 30 January 2023)
  • Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva (30 January 2023 – present)

References

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