Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Kurunegala | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Kurunegalaensis |
Local: | குருணாகல் மாவட்ட |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Province: | Colombo |
Metropolitan: | Colombo |
Area Km2: | 4,763 |
Population: | 1,618,465 |
Population As Of: | 2012[1] |
Catholics: | 43,711 |
Catholics Percent: | 2.7 |
Established: | 15 May 1987 |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of St Anne in Kurunegala |
Patron: | Saint Anne |
Bishop: | Harold Anthony Perera |
Metro Archbishop: | Malcolm Ranjith |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala (Lat: Dioecesis Kurunegalaensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.
Erected as the Diocese of Kurunegala in 1987, from territory in the Diocese of Chilaw, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. It is coextensive with the Kurunegala District.[2]
The current bishop is Harold Anthony Perera, who was appointed in 2009.