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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura

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Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
4,968 km²

Bishop
  
Cletus Chandrasiri Perera

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Established
  
2 November 1995

Country
  
Sri Lanka

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Malcolm Ranjith

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,896,941 25,712 (1.4%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Ratnapura

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo

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

Erected as the Diocese of Ratnapura in 1995, from territory in the Diocese of Galle, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo.

The current bishop is Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, appointed in 2007.

Ordinaries

  • Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (2 Nov 1995 Appointed - 1 Oct 2001 Resigned)
  • Harold Anthony Perera (29 Jan 2003 Appointed - 15 Feb 2005 Appointed, Bishop of Galle)
  • Ivan Tilak Jayasundera (20 Jan 2006 Appointed - 6 Jul 2006 Resigned)
  • Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. (4 May 2007 Appointed - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura Wikipedia
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