Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura

Diocese of Ratnapura
Dioecesis Ratnapurensis
இரத்தினபுரி மறைமாவட்டத்தின்

Cathedral of Ratnapura
Location
Country Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province Colombo
Metropolitan Colombo
Statistics
Area 4,968 km2 (1,918 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,896,941
25,712 (1.4%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 2 November 1995
Cathedral Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Ratnapura
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera
Metropolitan Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura (Lat: Dioecesis Ratnapurensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.

Erected as the Diocese of Ratnapura in 1995, from territory in the Diocese of Galle, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo.

The current bishop is Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, appointed in 2007.

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