Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Chilaw
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:area 2,076 km²
gptkbp:cathedral gptkb:Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel,_Chilaw
gptkbp:catholicPopulation 34.6%
272,692
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:currentBishop gptkb:Valence_Mendis
gptkbp:established 5 January 1939
gptkbp:firstBishop gptkb:Edmund_Peiris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw
gptkbp:language gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chilaw
gptkbp:metropolitanArchbishop gptkb:Malcolm_Ranjith
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:population 788,000
gptkbp:province gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Latin_Rite
gptkbp:suffraganDiocese gptkb:Archdiocese_of_Colombo
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Kurunegala_District_(part)
gptkb:Puttalam_District
gptkbp:website http://www.chilawdiocese.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Colombo
gptkb:St._Sebastian's_Cathedral
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7