Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Kandy | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Kandiensis |
Local: | கண்டி மாவட்ட |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Province: | Colombo |
Metropolitan: | Colombo |
Area Km2: | 5,753 |
Population: | 2,690,430 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Catholics: | 84,830 |
Catholics Percent: | 3.2 |
Schools: | St. Anthony's College, Kandy, St. Sylvester's College |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of St Anthony in Kandy |
Bishop: | Valence Mendis |
Metro Archbishop: | Malcolm Ranjith |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Vicar General: | Very Rev. Fr.Alvin Peter Fernando |
Judicial Vicar: | Rev. Fr.Colvin Fernandopulle |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
Emeritus Bishops: | Joseph Vianney Fernando |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy (Lat: Dioecesis Kandiensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Sri Lanka) of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Colombo, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The episcopal seat is St. Anthony’s Cathedral, in Kandy. The current bishop is Valence Mendis, appointed in 2021.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 81,293 Catholics (3.2% of 2,578,000 total) on 5,733 km2 in 27 parishes and 2 missions with 51 priests (39 diocesan, 12 religious), 329 lay religious (149 brothers, 180 sisters) and 15 seminarians.