Suffragan diocese Mannar, Sri Lanka
Diocese of Mannar
Mannaren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin diocese in northwestern Sri Lanka, established on 24 January 1981 from parts of the Diocese of Jaffna, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Colombo. Its cathedral is St. Sebastian's Cathedral in Mannar; Bishop Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai was appointed on 14 December 2024 after Bishop Fidelis Fernando's resignation.
On the map
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- Established
- 1981
- Catholics
- 89,516
- Priests
- 87
- Territory
- 3,998 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Sebastian's CathedralMannar · CathedralView parish
- Christ the King ChurchSanthapuramView parish
- Holy Rosary ChurchThalaimannarView parish
- Karthar KovilAdampanView parish
- Our Lady of Refuge ChurchIthikandalView parish
- Our Lady of Sorrows ChurchAdampanView parish
- Our Lady of Velankani ChurchThamari Kulam, AdampanView parish
- Shrine of Our Lady of MadhuMadhuView parish
- St. Anne's ChurchVankalaiView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchNedunkandalView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchKarukkakulamView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ShrineVelankulamView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchAndankulamView parish
- St. Joseph Vaz ChurchKallikulamView parish
- St. Lawrence ChurchThalimanarView parish
- St. Michael's ChurchTharavankoddaiView parish
- St. Philip Neri's ChurchKannadyView parish
- The Sacred Heart ChurchAdampanView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai
- Born
- 12 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Adampan
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The cathedral
St. Sebastian's Cathedral, Mannar stands in Mannar, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
North-western Sri Lanka is served by the Latin Catholic Diocese of Mannar (Latin: Dioecesis Mannarensis), governed by the Bishop of Mannar, an office presently held by Fidelis Fernando.