Diocese of Badulla

Diocese of Badulla

*Dioecesis Badullana*

பதுளை மாவட்ட
Diocese of Badulla; Dioecesis Badullana; பதுளை மாவட்ட
	Badulla, St Mary Church
Location
Country	Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province	Colombo
Metropolitan	Colombo
Statistics
Area	9,349 km2 (3,610 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2012); 1,724,000; 18,635 (1.1%);
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 December 1972
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Mary in Badulla
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop elect	Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva
Metropolitan Archbishop	Malcolm Ranjith
Bishops emeritus	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Badulla (Lat: Dioecesis Badullana) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.

Erected as the Diocese of Badulla in 1972, the diocese was created from territory in the Diocese of Kandy. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. Its cathedral is St. Mary’s church.

The current bishop, Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva, was appointed in January 2023.

Ordinaries

Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. (18 December 1972 Appointed – 28 May 1982 Died)
Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. (5 December 1983 Appointed – 3 March 1997 Retired)
Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. (25 March 1997 – 30 January 2023)
Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nishanta Silva (30 January 2023 – present)