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Diocese of Galle Dioecesis Gallensis காலி மாவட்ட | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Ecclesiastical province | Colombo |
| Metropolitan | Colombo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,493 km2 (2,121 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 2,277,145 8,587 (0.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral, Galle |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Malcolm Ranjith |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle (Latin: Dioecesis Gallensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.
Erected as the Diocese of Galle in 1893, the diocese is suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo. In 1995, part of the diocese was split off to form the Diocese of Ratnapura
The current bishop is Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe, appointed in 2011.