Diocese of Trincomalee
Diocese of Trincomalee | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Sri Lanka |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Colombo |
Diocesan bishop | Christian Noel Emmanuel |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Kingsley Swampillai |
founding | 1893 |
surface | 8,397 km² |
Parishes | 35 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
Residents | 1,607,865 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
Catholics | 78,518 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
proportion of | 4.9% |
Diocesan priest | 46 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
Religious priest | 25 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1.106 |
Friars | 40 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
Religious sisters | 108 (2010 / AP 2011 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Co-cathedral | St. Ann's Co-Cathedral |
address | PO Box 43 Batticaloa Sri Lanka |
Website | www.trincobattidiocese.com |
The Bistum Trincomalee ( lat. : Dioecesis Trincomaliensis ) is in Sri Lanka preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Trincomalee .
history
The diocese of Trincomalee was on August 25, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII. built from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Colombo and the Diocese of Jaffna . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Colombo as a suffragan . On October 23, 1967, the Diocese of Trincomalee was renamed the Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa . The Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa gave on December 19, 1975 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Anuradhapura . On July 3, 2012, the diocese was divided into the dioceses of Trincomalee and Batticaloa .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Trincomalee
- Charles Lavigne SJ , 1898-1913
- Gaston Robichez SJ, 1917-1946
- Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie SJ, 1947-1967
Bishops of Trincomalee-Batticaloa
- Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie SJ, 1967–1974
- Leo Rajendram Antony , 1974-1983
- Joseph Kingsley Swampillai , 1983-2012
Bishops of Trincomalee
- Joseph Kingsley Swampillai, 2012-2015
- Christian Noel Emmanuel , since 2015
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Trincomalee (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Trincomalee on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)