{{short description, None The Catholic Church in Indian Ocean island states of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and Maldives is solely composed of * one Latin ecclesiastical province, comprising a Metropolitan archdiocese and twelve

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...

dioceses, all in Sri Lanka, which jointly constitute the (bi)national Episcopal Conference of Sri Lanka. The Maldives have no actual jurisdiction, but are the responsibility of the Archdiocese of Colombo. There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. All defunct jurisdictions are formerly Ceylonese precursors of present Sri Lankan sees. There is an Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka resident in the national capital Colombo as papal diplomatic representation at level of an ambassador, and no representation of the Holy See in the Maldives.

Latin dioceses in Sri Lanka and Maldives

;Ecclesiastical Province of Colombo * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo, which has the entire territory of the Maldives within its jurisdiction ** Diocese of Anuradhapura ** Diocese of Badulla ** Diocese of Batticaloa ** Diocese of Chilaw ** Diocese of Galle ** Diocese of Jaffna ** Diocese of Kandy **

Diocese of Kurunegala The Diocese of Kurunegala is a diocese of the Church of Ceylon (which is part of the Anglican Communion). The See was erected in 1950 from that of the Diocese of Colombo, as one of two dioceses of the Church of England in Ceylon. On 17 Decembe ...

** Diocese of Mannar ** Diocese of Ratnapura ** Diocese of Trincomalee

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

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Catholic Church in the Maldives Catholic dioceses Catholic dioceses

Latin dioceses in Sri Lanka and Maldives

See also

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