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)686,350233,708 (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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