Diocese of Anuradhapura
| Diocese of Anuradhapura | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Colombo |
| Diocesan bishop | Norbert Marshall Andradi OMI |
| Vicar General | Anthony Andrew |
| surface | 10,727 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Residents | 1.110.904 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Catholics | 12,703 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| proportion of | 1.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 577 |
| Friars | 7 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 59 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
The Bistum Anuradhapura ( lat. : Dioecesis Anuradhapurensis ) is in Sri Lanka preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Anuradhapura . It includes the north-central province .
history
The diocese Anuradhapura was on December 19, 1975 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Iussum Christi from cessions of territory from the dioceses of Jaffna and Trincomalee-Batticaloa as the Apostolic Prefecture of Anuradhapura .
On March 18, 1982, the Apostolic Prefecture of Anuradhapura was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Qui idem and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Colombo as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Anuradhapura
Bishops of Anuradhapura
- Henry Swithin Thomas Alexander Wijetunge Goonewardena OMI, 1982–1995
- Oswald Gomis , 1995–2002, then Archbishop of Colombo
- Norbert Marshall Andradi OMI, since 2003