Catholic Church
in
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
Catholic ChurchinDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka) | |
Also known as: Sri Lanka (Deutsch, español, Italiano, polski, Português), le Sri Lanka (français), 斯里蘭卡 (正體中文), スリランカ (日本語), Taprobane (latine)
Formerly: Ceylon
Continent: South and East Asia
Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
Roman Rite (12): Anuradhapura, Badulla, Batticaloa, Chilaw, Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Kandy, Kurunegala, Mannar, Ratnapura, Trincomalee
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Changes in Jurisdictions | Former Jurisdictions
Apostolic Nunciature: Sri Lanka 
Conference of Bishops: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka 
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.) 
Cardinals (1 elector/1 total)BishopsPatron Saints: Saint Lawrence of Rome, Saint Thomas
Saints: 1 Saint
Catholic Population: 1,676,000 Catholics (7.6% of 22,156,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 504 parishes, 705 mission stations (6 with resident priest, 699 without resident priest), 26 other centres
Clergy: 21 bishops (11 diocesan, 10 titular), 1,560 priests (982 diocesan, 578 religious), 3 permanent deacons (1 diocesan, 2 religious)
Non-Clergy: 2,730 religious (177 brothers, 2,553 sisters), 31 members of secular institutes (6 brothers, 25 sisters), 539 major seminarians, 207 missionaries, 9,881 catechists
Area: 64,630 km²
Population: 22,409,381
Religions: Buddhist (official) 70.2%, Hindu 12.6%, Muslim 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.1%, other Christian 1.3%, other 0.05%
Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (official and national language) 18%, other 8%
Ethnic Groups: Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5%
Last updated on 2023.08.12
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