Diocese of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kurunegala / Kurunegalaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Colombo

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Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

1987.05.15: Established as Diocese of Kurunegala / Kurunegalaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chilaw and became suffragan of Colombo)

Bishop (2009.05.14 – ...):

Bishop Harold Anthony Perera (73)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka

Bishops of Kurunegala (Roman Rite)

Bishop Harold Anthony Perera (73)
(2009.05.14 – ...)

Priest of Colombo (Sri Lanka) (1980.07.05 – 2003.01.29)

Bishop of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka) (2003.01.29 – 2005.02.15)

Bishop of Galle (Sri Lanka) (2005.02.15 – 2009.05.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka) (2006.07 – 2007.05.04)

Bishop of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka) (2009.05.14 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris
(1987.05.15 – 2009.05.14)

Bishop of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka) (1987.05.15 – 2009.05.14)

Area: 4,816 km²

Population: 56,658 Catholics (3.3% of 1,743,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 73 priests (63 diocesan, 10 religious), 80 religious (13 brothers, 67 sisters), 11 seminarians