Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo
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Archdiocese of Colombo Archidioecesis Columbensis in Taprobane கொழும்பு உயர்மறை |
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| 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 an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. It was erected as the Diocese of Ceylon from Diocese of Cochin by Pope Gregory XVI on December 3, 1834, and renamed as the Diocese of Colombo on February 17, 1845. Pope Leo XIII elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on September 1, 1886, with the suffragan sees of Anuradhapura, Badulla, Chilaw, Galle, Jaffna, Kandy, Kurunegala, Mannar, Ratnapura, and Trincomalee-Batticaloa.
Its name was changed by Pope Pius XII to the Archdiocese of Colombo in Ceylon on December 6, 1944, but was returned to simply the Archdiocese of Colombo on May 22, 1972 by Pope Paul VI. It is the only archdiocese in Sri Lanka.
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