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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw

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Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
2,076 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Malcolm Ranjith

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Established
  
5 January 1939

Country
  
Sri Lanka

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 686,350 233,708 (34.1%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Mary in Chilaw

Bishop
  
Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo

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

Erected as the Diocese of Galle in 1939, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. In 1995, part of the diocese was split off to form the Diocese of Kurunegala.

The current bishop is Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis, appointed in 2006.

Ordinaries

  • Louis Perera, O.M.I. † (5 Jan 1939 Appointed - 8 Apr 1939 Died)
  • Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. † (12 Jan 1940 Appointed - 27 Dec 1972 Resigned)
  • Frank Marcus Fernando, † (27 Dec 1972 Succeeded - 19 Oct 2006 Retired)
  • Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis, (19 Oct 2006 Succeeded - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw Wikipedia
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