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All Saints' Church is a Catholic church located in Borella, [1] Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo and belongs to the Borella parish. History
St. Lawrence's Church is the seat of the Wellawatte parish of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo. It is located at Galle Road (near Pereira Lane), Wellawatte , Colombo 06. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence , the patron saint of Sri Lanka, [3] Colombo and parish of Wellawatte.
St. Sebastian's Church, Enderamulla (Sinhala: සා. සෙබස්තියන් දේවස්ථානය, එඬේරමුල්ල) is a Roman Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located in Enderamulla, Wattala. The church was established in 1891.
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka: [1] St. Joseph's Cathedral, Anuradhapura; Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Badulla; Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral, Batticaloa; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Chilaw; St. Lucia's Cathedral, Colombo; Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Galle; St. Mary's Cathedral, Jaffna; St. Anthony's ...
All Roman Catholic churches, schools, and monasteries were transferred to the Dutch Reformed Church. The DRC church membership grew rapidly, and in the 18th century there were over 53,000 members in Colombo and 200,000 in Jaffna. The Reformed Calvinist faith was propagated by its schools. During a period the Reformed Church was the state religion.
In 1917 another pastor, Fr. A. Collorec had a grotto built for Our Lady of Lourdes, with the assistance of Catholic workers from Colombo. The growing popularity of the chapel led to the chapel being expanded into a church in the 1930s. However, its true rise to fame occurred due to the former Archbishop of Colombo, Jean-Marie Masson.
Patabendige Albert Malcolm Ranjith (Sinhala: පටබැඳිගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් මැල්කම් රංජිත්) (born 15 November 1947), known as Malcolm Ranjith, is a Sri Lankan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, since 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2010.
Colombo: St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya (Sinhala: ... Katuwapitiya) is a Roman Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Colombo. ...