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Diocese of Kurunegala
Dioecesis Kurunegalaensis
குருணாகல் மாவட்ட
Location
Country
Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province
Colombo
Metropolitan
Colombo
Statistics
Area
4,763 km2 (1,839 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2012[1]) 1,618,465 43,711 (2.7%)
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
15 May 1987
Cathedral
Cathedral of St Anne in Kurunegala
Patron saint
Saint Anne
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Harold Anthony Perera
Metropolitan Archbishop
Malcolm Ranjith
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.
^"Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A7: Population by religion, age and sex" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
^"Diocesan Map". Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala. Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
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