Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy

Diocese of Kandy
Dioecesis Kandiensis
கண்டி மாவட்ட
Location
Country  Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province Colombo
Metropolitan Colombo
Statistics
Area 5,753 km2 (2,221 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2011)
2,690,430
84,830 (3.2%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of St Anthony in Kandy
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando
Metropolitan Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith
Vicar General Milroy Fonseka
Episcopal Vicars Bala Rajendram
Website
Website of the Diocese

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

The episcopal see is St. Anthony’s Cathedral, in Kandy. The current bishop is Joseph Vianney Fernando, appointed in 1983.

Statistics

As per 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

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Vicar of Kandy
Suffragan Bishops of Kandy

See also

Coordinates: 7°17′52″N 80°38′10″E / 7.2979°N 80.6362°E / 7.2979; 80.6362

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