The Diocese of Mannar () is a
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
for north-western
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
, administered by the Bishop of Mannar, currently
Fidelis Fernando.
History
The Diocese of Mannar was created on 24 January 1981 from parts of the
Diocese of Jaffna.
Between 14 January 2016 and 22 November 2017, the position of Bishop remained vacant, the diocese being overseen by Apostolic Administrator and retired Bishop
Kingsley Swampillai
Right Reverend Dr. Joseph Kingsley Swampillai (born 9 December 1936) is a Sri Lankan Tamil priest and former Roman Catholic Bishop of Trincomalee.
Early life and family
Swampillai was born on 9 December 1936 in Kayts on the island of Velanaitivu ...
.
See also
*
Mannar Catholic martyrs (1544) In 1544, during the Crisis of the Sixteenth Century (1521–1597) in the Jaffna Kingdom, Cankili I killed 600 Catholic converts. Portuguese missionaries attributed the baptism, martyrdom and intercession of the Mannar Island, Mannar Martyrs for the ...
Bishops
Notable Churches
# Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu
# St. Sebastian's Cathedral, Mannar
# St.Antony’s Church, Nedunkandal
#Our lady of Refuge Church, Ithikandal
#Our lady of Velankani Church, Thamari Kulam, Adampan
#St.Philip Neto’s Church, Kannady
#The Sacred Heart Church, Adampan
#Our lady of Sorrows Church, Adampan
#St. Antony's Church, Karukkakulam
#Karthar Kovil, Adampan
#St. Joseph Church, Andankulam
#St.Michel’s Church, Tharavankoddai
#St.Joseph Vazz Church, Kallikulam
#St. Francis Xavier Shrine, Velankulam
#St.Lawrence Church, Thalimanar
#Holy Rosary Church, Thalaimannar
#Christ the King Church, Santhapuram
#St.Anne’s Church, Vankalai
References
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Organisations based in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Mannar Mannar may refer to the following places:
India
* Mannar, Alappuzha, a town in Chengannur Taluk, Kerala
Sri Lanka
* Mannar District, one of 25 districts in Sri Lanka
** Mannar Island, an island within the district
** Mannar Bridge, a bridge conne ...
Mannar Mannar may refer to the following places:
India
* Mannar, Alappuzha, a town in Chengannur Taluk, Kerala
Sri Lanka
* Mannar District, one of 25 districts in Sri Lanka
** Mannar Island, an island within the district
** Mannar Bridge, a bridge conne ...