Archdiocese of Colombo
| Archdiocese of Colombo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country |
Sri Lanka Maldives |
| Diocesan bishop | Albert Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton Jayakody Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Oswald Gomis |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Vincent Peiris |
| founding | 1834 |
| surface | 3,434 km² |
| Parishes | 130 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 6,134,642 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 672,149 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 11% |
| Diocesan priest | 341 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 149 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,372 |
| Friars | 245 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,248 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Lucia's Cathedral |
| Website | www.archdioceseofcolombo.com |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Anuradhapura Diocese of Badulla Diocese of Batticaloa Diocese of Chilaw Diocese of Galle Diocese of Jaffna Diocese of Kandy Diocese of Kurunegala Diocese of Mannar Diocese of Ratnapura Diocese of Trincomalee |
The Erzbistum Colombo ( lat. : Archidioecesis Columbensis in Taprobane ) is in Sri Lanka preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Colombo .
history
The Archdiocese of Colombo was founded on December 3, 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI. from cession of territory by the diocese of Cochin as the diocese of Ceylon . On February 17, 1845, the diocese of Ceylon was renamed the Diocese of Colombo .
On September 1, 1886, the Diocese of Colombo was by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Colombo became a metropolitan bishopric on June 7, 1887 . On December 6, 1944, the Archdiocese of Colombo changed its name to the Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon . The Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon was renamed the Archdiocese of Colombo on May 22, 1972 .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Colombo
- Giuseppe Maria Bravi OSB , 1857–1860 Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania and Apostolic Vicar
- Hilarion Silani OSB, 1863–1879 Titular Bishop of Callinicum and Apostolic Vicar
- Clemente Pagnani OSB, 1879–1883, then Vicar Apostolic of Kandy
- Christophe-Etienne Bonjean (Christophe Ernest B.) OMI , 1883–1886
Archbishops of Colombo
- Christophe-Etienne Bonjean OMI, 1886-1892
- André-Théophile Mélizan OMI, 1893-1905
- Antoine Coudert OMI, 1905-1929
- Pierre-Guillaume Marque OMI, 1929-1937
- Jean-Marie Masson OMI, 1938-1944
Archbishops of Colombo in Ceylon
- Jean-Marie Masson OMI, 1944-1947
- Cardinal Thomas Cooray OMI, 1947-1972
Archbishops of Colombo
- Cardinal Thomas Cooray OMI, 1972-1976
- Nicholas Marcus Fernando , 1977–2002
- Oswald Gomis , 2002-2009
- Albert Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Colombo (English)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Colombo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)