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Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The country comes under the province of Colombo and is made up of 12 dioceses including one archdiocese.
The Church of St. Theresa is a Roman Catholic church located at Thimbirigasyaya Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The current parish priest is Rev. Fr. Neil Dias Karunarathne C.Ss.R. Over time the Catholic community of the area had been growing, and a Fr. James initiated a process in 1934 to construct the existing church.
Metropolitan Archbishop. Malcolm Ranjith. Website. jaffnadiocese.org. The Diocese of Jaffna (Latin: Dioecesis Jaffnensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Sri Lanka. Latin Catholicism in the diocese's territory dates to the time of Francis Xavier. The current bishop is Justin Gnanapragasam.
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.
The Catholic Church in Indian Ocean island states of Sri Lanka and Maldives is solely composed of one Latin ecclesiastical province, comprising a Metropolitan archdiocese and twelve suffragan dioceses, all in Sri Lanka, which jointly constitute the (bi)national Episcopal Conference of Sri Lanka. The Maldives have no actual jurisdiction, but are ...
220 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka. Coordinates. 6°53′56.9″N 79°51′54.3″E / 6.899139°N 79.865083°E / 6.899139; 79.865083. Apostolic Nuncio. Archbishop Brian Udaigwe. The Apostolic Nunciature to Sri Lanka is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Sri Lanka. It is located in Colombo. The Apostolic Nuncio ...
On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, the church was one in a series of targets of a string of bomb blasts across Sri Lanka. Media reported at least 93 people killed at the church, [3] UNICEF reported that 27 children died and 10 children were injured. [4]
1]: Location: Tewatte, Ragama, Sri Lanka: Country: Sri Lanka: Language(s): Sinhala Tamil English Latin: Denomination: Roman Catholic: History; Status: Minor Basilica National shrine: Founded: February 6, 1974; 50 years ago (): Founder(s): Jean-Marie Masson [2]: Dedication: Our Lady of Lanka(Mary Immaculate): Architecture; Functional status: Active: Architect(s): Spanish architect Fr. Heras [3 ...