Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Badulla
Latin:Dioecesis Badullana
Local:பதுளை மாவட்ட
Country:Sri Lanka
Province:Colombo
Metropolitan:Colombo
Area Km2:9,349
Population:1,724,000
Population As Of:2012
Catholics:18,635
Catholics Percent:1.1
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:18 December 1972
Cathedral:Cathedral of St Mary in Badulla
Bishop:Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva
Bishop Title:Bishop elect
Metro Archbishop:Malcolm Ranjith
Suffragan:for one -->
Archdeacon:for one-->
Emeritus Bishops:Julian 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 is Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, appointed in 1997.

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