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Diocese of Mannar

Dioecesis Mannarensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 24 January 1981
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Colombo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • Square Kilometers: 3,998 (1,544 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.mannardiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Pattim, 41000 Mannar, Sri Lanka
  • Telephone: (023)2222.710
  • Fax: 2222.709

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
24 January 1981ErectedDiocese of Jaffna (Mannar and Vavuniya) Diocese of Mannar (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199066,968240,25627.9%197262,575127019ap1991
199968,885234,63529.4%327391,766810125ap2000
200068,221281,82724.2%3111421,6241611423ap2001
200173,402235,90031.1%3221531,3842711325ap2002
200274,605230,00032.4%3318511,4622711027ap2003
200373,060212,85234.3%3417511,4322511027ap2004
200473,977219,63333.7%4011511,4501910828ap2005
201389,516270,37533.1%5532871,0284718334ap2014
201684,376347,73224.3%65351008435418839ap2017
201988,112388,96022.7%65351008815216246ap2020
202191,007415,71221.9%691701,3002018149ap2022

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 73, Page 473, and Page 474

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