Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla

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Diocese of Badulla

Dioecesis Badullana

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Badulla, St Mary Church
Location
Country Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province Colombo
Metropolitan Colombo
Statistics
Area9,349 km2 (3,610 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
1,724,000
18,635 (1.1%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established18 December 1972
CathedralCathedral of St Mary in Badulla
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop electEchchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva
Metropolitan Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith
Bishops emeritusJulian Winston Sebastian Fernando
Website
Website of the Diocese

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

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Erected as the Diocese of Badulla in 1972, the diocese was created from territory in the Diocese of Kandy. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. Its cathedral is St. Mary’s church.

The current bishop is Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, appointed in 1997.

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