Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy

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Diocese of Kandy

Dioecesis Kandiensis

கண்டி மாவட்ட
Location
Country Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province Colombo
Metropolitan Colombo
Statistics
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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 diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.

Originally erected as the apostolic vicariate of Kandy in 1883, the diocese was elevated to a full diocese in 1886, and became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. In 1972, part of the diocese was split off to form the Diocese of Badulla

The current bishop is Joseph Vianney Fernando, appointed in 1983.

Ordinaries

  • Clemente Pagnani, O.S.B. † (20 Apr 1883 Appointed - Jun 1911 Died)
  • Bede Beekmeyer, O.S.B. † (19 Apr 1912 Appointed - 22 May 1935 Died)
  • Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. † (27 Jan 1936 Appointed - 24 Sep 1958 Resigned)
  • Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † (2 Jul 1959 Appointed - 18 Dec 1972 Appointed, Bishop of Badulla)
  • Appasinghe Paul Perera † (17 May 1973 Appointed - 16 May 1989 Died)
  • Joseph Vianney Fernando (17 Mar 1983 Appointed - )

See also

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