Diocese of Ratnapura Dioecesis Ratnapurensis இரத்தினபுரி மறைமாவட்டத்தின் | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Ecclesiastical province | Colombo |
| Metropolitan | Colombo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,968 km2 (1,918 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,896,941 25,712 (1.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2 November 1995 |
| Cathedral | St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Ratnapura |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Cletus Chandrasiri Perera (O.S.B) |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Malcolm Ranjith |
| Bishops emeritus | Ivan Thilak Jayasundara |
| Website | |
| https://www.dioceseofratnapura.com/ | |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratnapura (Lat: Dioecesis Ratnapurensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.
Erected as the Diocese of Ratnapura in 1995, from territory in the Diocese of Galle, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo.
The current bishop is Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, appointed in 2007.