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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 List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it. For those newspapers that are also published online, the website is given.
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.
Coat of arms. 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.
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. After being a co‑parish with Dalugama (1879–1903) and Kirimetiyagara (1903–1934), it was declared as an ...
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.
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 ...