Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla
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Diocese of Badulla Dioecesis Badullanus பதுளை மாவட்ட |
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| 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 | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 18 December 1972 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Mary in Badulla |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Malcolm Ranjith |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla (Lat: Dioecesis Badullanus) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman 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.
The current bishop is Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, appointed in 1997.
Coordinates: 6°59′26″N 81°03′31″E / 6.9906°N 81.0586°E
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