Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Area 4,763 km² Country Sri Lanka Metropolitan archbishop Malcolm Ranjith | Sui iuris church Latin Church Established 15 May 1987 Bishop Harold Anthony Perera Patron saint Saint Anne | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
1,505,866
48,967 (3.3%) Cathedral Cathedral of St Anne in Kurunegala Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala (Lat: Dioecesis Kurunegalaensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite 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.
The current Bishop is Harold Anthony Perera, who was appointed in 2009.
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References
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