Archdiocese of Colombo

Archdiocese of Colombo Archidioecesis Columbensis in Taprobane கொழும்பு உயர்மறை
St. Lucia's Cathedral in Kotahena.
Location
Country	Sri Lanka
Ecclesiastical province	Colombo
Statistics
Area	3,838 km2 (1,482 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 5,692,004 700,000 (12.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	St. Lucia's Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Joseph Vaz, Our Lady of Lanka, Our Lady of Madhu, St. Thomas the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Malcolm Ranjith
Auxiliary Bishops	Fidelis Fernando Vincent Peiris Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva
Emeritus Bishops	Nicholas Marcus Fernando Archbishop Emeritus (1977-2002) Oswald Gomis Archbishop Emeritus (2002-2009)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo (Latin: Archidioecesis Columbensis in Taprobane) is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, whose ecclesiastical province covers all Sri Lanka plus the Maldives (which are within the archbishopric). Yet is depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

The current Archbishop of Colombo, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 16 June 2009, is Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. He is assisted in this role by the auxiliary bishops.

The archidiocesan motherchurch and cathedral seat of its Metropolitan Archbishop is St. Lucia’s Cathedral. Its other National Shrines are the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, a minor basilica in Tewatta, and St. Anthony's National Shrine in Kochchikade.

As per 2014, it pastorally served 637,729 Catholics (8.8% of 7,281,000 total) on 3,838 km² in 128 parishes with 592 priests (313 diocesan, 279 religious), 1,560 lay religious (380 brothers, 1,180 sisters) and 292 seminarians.

Its suffragan sees are :

It enjoyed Papal visits form Pope Paul VI (1970.12), Pope John Paul II (January 1995) and Pope Francis (January 2015).

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