Diocese of

Chilaw

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chilaw / Chilaven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Colombo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.12.06 – ...):Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya (55)Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chilaw (Roman Rite)

Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya (55)Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya (55)
(2023.12.06 – ...)

Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka)

Born:1969.01.23 (Negombo, Sri Lanka)
Ordained Priest:1997.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:2024.03.02

Priest of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (1997.08.09 – 2023.12.06)

Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (2023.12.06 – ...)

Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (66)Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.10.09 – 2023.12.06)

Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (66)Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (66)
(2006.10.19 – 2021.10.09)

Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Justitiæ et pax

Born:1958.05.21 (Koralawella, Sri Lanka)
Ordained Priest:1985.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:2005.04.02

Priest of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (1985.07.20 – 2005.01.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (2005.01.17 – 2006.10.19)

Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (2006.10.19 – 2021.10.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (2021.10.09 – 2023.12.06)

Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka) (2021.10.09 – ...)

Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando
(1972.12.27 – 2006.10.19)

Born:1931.10.19 (Sri Lanka)
Ordained Priest:1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1965.08.19
Died:2009.08.24 († 77)

Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) (1965.07.06 – 1968.06.08)

Titular Bishop of Oliva (1965.07.06 – 1972.12.27)

Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (1968.06.08 – 1972.12.27)

Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (1972.12.27 – 2006.10.19)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (1980 – 1989)

Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I.
(1940.01.12 – 1972.12.27)

Born:1897.12.27 (Sri Lanka)
Ordained Priest:1924.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:1940.04.25
Died:1989.09.04 († 91)

Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (1940.01.12 – 1972.12.27)

Fr. Louis Perera, O.M.I.
(1939.01.05 – 1939.04.08)

Born:1896 (Sri Lanka)
Ordained Priest:1921
Died:1939.04.08 († 42)

Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka) (1939.01.05 – 1939.04.08)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Mannar (↑), Anuradhapura (↗), Kurunegala (→), Colombo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,076 km²

Population: 319,833 Catholics (33.3% of 960,856 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 10 missions

Personnel: 152 priests (122 diocesan, 30 religious), 242 religious (43 brothers, 199 sisters), 31 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.11.26

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