Diocese of Trincomalee
Trincomalien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Latin diocese on the east coast of Sri Lanka, created on 25 August 1893 from parts of the Archdiocese of Colombo and the Diocese of Jaffna; renamed Trincomalee-Batticaloa in 1967 and back to Diocese of Trincomalee on 3 July 2012 when Batticaloa became a separate diocese. Suffragan of Colombo, its cathedral is St. Mary's Cathedral in Trincomalee.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 2012
- Latin
- Trincomalien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003277
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 78,518
- Population
- 1,607,865
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.9%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 2,243
- Extent
- 8,397 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.4
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Noel Emmanuel
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral, Trincomalee stands in Trincomalee, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Colombo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Colombo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AnuradhapuraAnuradhapura
- Diocese of BadullaBadulla
- Diocese of BatticaloaBatticaloa
- Diocese of ChilawChilaw
- Diocese of GalleGalle
- Diocese of JaffnaJaffna
- Diocese of KandyKandy
- Diocese of KurunegalaKurunegala
- Diocese of MannarMannar
- Diocese of RatnapuraRatnapura
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eastern Sri Lanka falls under the Latin Catholic Diocese of Trincomalee (Latin: Dioecesis Trincomaliensis). Noel Emmanuel is the current bishop.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop's House, 36 Central Road, Orr's Hill, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
- Telephone
- [026]2222.677; fax 2223.238
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.