Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy

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Diocese of Kandy

Dioecesis Kandiensis

கண்டி மாவட்ட
Location
CountrySri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province Colombo
Metropolitan Colombo
Statistics
Area5,753 km2 (2,221 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2011)
  • 2,690,430
  • 84,830 (3.2%)
Schools St. Anthony's College, Kandy,
St. Sylvester's College
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
CathedralCathedral of St Anthony in Kandy
Current leadership
Pope Sede vacante
Bishop Valence Mendis
Metropolitan Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith
Vicar GeneralVery Rev. Fr.Alvin Peter Fernando
Judicial VicarRev. Fr.Colvin Fernandopulle
Bishops emeritus Joseph Vianney Fernando
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Kandy (Lat: Dioecesis Kandiensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Sri Lanka) of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Colombo, but depends on the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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The episcopal seat is St. Anthony’s Cathedral, in Kandy. The current bishop is Valence Mendis, appointed in 2021.

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 81,293 Catholics (3.2% of 2,578,000 total) on 5,733 km2 in 27 parishes and 2 missions with 51 priests (39 diocesan, 12 religious), 329 lay religious (149 brothers, 180 sisters) and 15 seminarians.

History

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Vicars of Kandy
Bishops of Kandy

See also

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