Diocese of Kandy
| Diocese of Kandy | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Colombo |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Vianney Fernando |
| Vicar General | John Felix Milroy Fonseka |
| surface | 5,733 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Residents | 2,558,716 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics | 81,243 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| proportion of | 3.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,625 |
| Friars | 161 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 183 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Anthony's Cathedral |
| address | Bishop's House 873 Peradeniya Rd. Kandy Sri Lanka |
| Website | http://www.kandydiocese.net/ |
The Bistum Kandy ( lat. : Dioecesis Kandiensis ) is in Sri Lanka preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kandy .
history
The diocese of Kandy was on April 20, 1883 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Colombo as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kandy .
On September 1, 1886, the Apostolic Vicariate Kandy was by Leo XIII. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Colombo as a suffragan . The diocese of Kandy gave up on December 18, 1972 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Badulla .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Kandy
- Clemente Pagnani OSB , 1883-1886
Bishops of Kandy
- Clemente Pagnani OSB, 1886-1911
- Bede Beckmeyer OSB, 1912-1935
- Bernardo Regno OSB, 1936-1958
- Leo Nanayakkara OSB, 1959–1972, then Bishop of Badulla
- Appasinghe Paul Perera , 1973–1983
- Joseph Vianney Fernando , since 1983