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Diocese of Badulla

Dioecesis Badullana (Badullensis)



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 18 December 1972
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Colombo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • Square Kilometers: 8,500 (3,283 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Rockhill, Spring Valley Road, 90000 Badulla, Sri Lanka
  • Telephone: (055)222.2079; 222.9241
  • Fax: 222.9241

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 December 1972ErectedDiocese of Kandy (Uva Province) Diocese of Badulla (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
198012,565893,0001.4%771,79544518ap1981
199017,113952,0001.8%23730570116815ap1991
199920,8481,455,9771.4%261036579217517ap2000
200021,1391,465,0901.4%241034621217217ap2001
200121,4151,477,1451.4%291342509257117ap2002
200221,7201,610,0001.3%261137587377017ap2003
200321,9251,611,0001.4%281240548267117ap2004
200421,9851,614,0001.4%281139563277118ap2005
200615,1441,651,000.9%271542360257019ap2007
201218,6351,724,0001.1%321042443347219ap2013
201517,9601,464,8001.2%301141438247519ap2016
201818,1951,512,7001.2%331144413138219ap2019
202018,3401,545,1901.2%301444416177920ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 65, Page 289, and Page 290

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