Batticaloa diocese
| Batticaloa diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Colombo |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Ponniah |
| founding | 2012 |
| surface | 7,269 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (July 3, 2012) |
| Residents | 1,199,966 (July 3, 2012) |
| Catholics | 55,225 (July 3, 2012) |
| proportion of | 4.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (July 3, 2012) |
| Religious priest | 13 (July 3, 2012) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,151 |
| Friars | 24 (July 3, 2012) |
| Religious sisters | 73 (July 3, 2012) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
The Bistum Batticaloa ( lat. : Dioecesis Batticaloaensis ) is in Sri Lanka preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Batticaloa . It includes the districts of Batticaloa and Ampara in eastern Sri Lanka.
history
Pope Benedict XVI divides on July 3, 2012 the Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa into the Diocese of Trincomalee and the Diocese of Batticaloa. The first local ordinary is Joseph Ponniah.