Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala

{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Sri Lanka}}

{{about|the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala|the Anglican diocese|Diocese of Kurunegala}}

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| jurisdiction = Diocese

| name = Kurunegala

| latin = Dioecesis Kurunegalaensis

| local = குருணாகல் மாவட்ட

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| country = Sri Lanka

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| province = Colombo

| metropolitan = Colombo

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| area_km2 = 4,763

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| population = 1,618,465

| population_as_of = 2012{{cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A7: Population by religion, age and sex |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/District/Kurunegala/A7.pdf |website=Department of Census and Statistics |publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka |access-date=2024-02-06}}

| catholics = 43,711

| catholics_percent = 2.7

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| denomination = Roman Catholic

| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

| rite = Roman Rite

| established = 15 May 1987

| cathedral = Cathedral of St Anne in Kurunegala

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| patron = Saint Anne

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| bishop = Harold Anthony Perera

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| metro_archbishop = Malcolm Ranjith

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala (Lat: Dioecesis Kurunegalaensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.

Erected as the Diocese of Kurunegala in 1987, from territory in the Diocese of Chilaw, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. It is coextensive with the Kurunegala District.{{cite web |title=Diocesan Map |url=https://www.kurunegaladiocese.lk/administration-diocesan-map.php |website=Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala |publisher=Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala |access-date=2024-02-06}}

The current bishop is Harold Anthony Perera, who was appointed in 2009.