Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Chilaw / Chilaven(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Colombo
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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Bishop (2023.12.06 – ...): | Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya (55) |
Bishops of Chilaw (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya (55) Bishop of Chilaw (Sri Lanka)
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Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (66) | ||||||||||
Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis (66)
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Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando
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Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I.
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Fr. Louis Perera, O.M.I.
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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
Last updated on 2024.11.26
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