රත්නපුර රෝමානු කතෝලික රදගුරු පදවිය

Ratnapura Diocese

*Dioecesis Ratnapurensis*

இரத்தினபுரி மறைமாவட்டத்தின்
Ratnapura Diocese; Dioecesis Ratnapurensis; இரத்தினபுரி மறைமாவட்டத்தின்
ස්ථානය
රට	Sri Lanka
දේවස්ථාන පලාත	Colombo
Metropolitan	Colombo
සංඛ්යාලේඛන
වර්ග ප්‍රමානය	4,968 km2 (1,918 sq mi)
ජනගහනය; - මුළු; - කතෝලික	(as of 2010); 1,896,941; 25,712 (1.4%)
තොරතුරු
සභාව	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
චාරිත්‍රය	Roman Rite
ස්ථාපනය	2 November 1995
ආසන දෙව්මැදුර	St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Ratnapura
වත්මන් නායකත්වය
පාප්වහන්සේ	ෆ්‍රැන්සිස්
Bishop	Cletus Chandrasiri Perera (O.S.B)
මෙට්රොපොලිටන් අගරදගුරු	Malcolm Ranjith
හිටපු රදගුරු (එමරිටස්)	Ivan Thilak Jayasundara
වෙබ් අඩවිය
	https://www.dioceseofratnapura.com/

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura (Lat: Dioecesis Ratnapurensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.

Erected as the Diocese of Ratnapura in 1995, from territory in the Diocese of Galle, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo.

The current bishop is Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, appointed in 2007.

Ordinaries

Malcolm Ranjith (2 Nov 1995 – 1 Oct 2001), appointed to various curial positions and later appointed Archbishop of Colombo (elevated to Cardinal in 2010)^[1]
Harold Anthony Perera (29 Jan 2003 – 15 Feb 2005), appointed Bishop of Galle and later Bishop of Kurunegala^[2]
Ivan Tilak Jayasundera (20 Jan 2006 – 6 Jul 2006), resigned before episcopal consecration due to poor health^[3]
Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. (4 May 2007 – present)^[4]

^ "Rt. Rev. Dr. Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith". Diocese of Ratnapura Sri Lanka.
^ "Bishop Harold Anthony Perera". Diocese of Ratnapura Sri Lanka.
^ "Former Bishop of Ratnapura Appointed Administrator Of the Diocese". Union of Catholic Asian News. July 19, 2006. සම්ප්‍රවේශය January 28, 2023.
^ "Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera O.S.B." Diocese of Ratnapura Sri Lanka.