Catholic Church

Also known as: le Sri Lanka (français), Sri Lanka (Deutsch, español, Italiano, polski, Português), 斯里蘭らん卡 (正體しょうたい中ちゅう文ぶん), スリランカ (日本語にほんご), Taprobane (latine)

Formerly: Ceylon

Continent: South and East Asia

Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte

Area: 64,630 km²

Population: 22,409,381

Patron Saints: Saint Lawrence of Rome, Saint Thomas

Saints: 1 Saint

Religions: Buddhist (official) 70.2%, Hindu 12.6%, Muslim 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.1%, other Christian 1.3%, other 0.05%

Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (official and national language) 18%, other 8%

Ethnic Groups: Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5%

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Maldives , ↖ India

Circumscriptions (12): Metr. Archdioceses (1), Dioceses (11)

Roman Rite (12): Anuradhapura, Badulla, Batticaloa, Chilaw, Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Kandy, Kurunegala, Mannar, Ratnapura, Trincomalee

Cardinals (1 elector/1 total): Ranjith Patabendige Don (73) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Sri Lanka

Conference of Bishops: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)