Diocese of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Batticaloa / Batticaloaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Colombo

Websites:

2012.07.03: Established as Diocese of Batticaloa / Batticaloaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Trincomalee–Batticaloa and became suffragan of Colombo)

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2024.08.19 – ...):

Bishop Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (59)

Titular Bishop of Materiana

Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Bishops of Batticaloa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.08.19 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Ponniah
(2012.07.03 – 2024.08.19)

Priest of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka) (1980.04.30 – 2008.02.19)

Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania (2008.02.19 – 2012.07.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trincomalee–Batticaloa (Sri Lanka) (2008.02.19 – 2012.07.03)

Bishop of Batticaloa (Sri Lanka) (2012.07.03 – 2024.08.19)

Badulla (↙), Kandy (←), Trincomalee (↑), Galle (↓)

Area: 7,269 km²

Population: 44,250 Catholics (3.4% of 1,319,450 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes

Personnel: 60 priests (38 diocesan, 22 religious), 118 religious (41 brothers, 77 sisters), 8 seminarians