St. Mary's Cathedral, Batticaloa

St. Mary's Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral
புனித மரியன்னை பேராலயம்
	St. Mary's Cathedral Location in central Batticaloa
	07°42′44.80″N 81°41′46.50″E / 7.7124444°N 81.6962500°E
Location	Batticaloa
Country	Sri Lanka
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Cathedral
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Groundbreaking	1808; 216 years ago
Administration
Archdiocese	Colombo
Diocese	Batticaloa
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Joseph Ponniah

The Cathedral of St. Mary (Tamil: புனித மரியன்னை பேராலயம், romanized: Puṉita Mariyaṉṉai Pērālayam; Sinhala: ශාන්ත මරියා ආසන දෙව් මැදුර Śānta Mariyā Āsana Dev Mædura) is a Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Batticaloa in Puliyanthivu. The cathedral is a landmark and Catholic historical icon in the district of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. It was first built in 1808 by Paschal Mudaliyar.^[1]

It was co- cathedral under Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa and became a cathedral after the creation of Diocese of Batticaloa in 2012.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "Historical dictionary... Batticaloa, Sri Lanka". Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
^ "Diocese of Batticaloa". GCatholic. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

External links[edit]

Diocese of Batticaloa official site

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[ch-1] "Historical dictionary... Batticaloa, Sri Lanka". Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

[2] "Diocese of Batticaloa". GCatholic. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

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v t e Churches in Sri Lanka
Roman Catholic shrines	Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu Shrine of Our Lady of Matara St. Anthony's Church, Wahakotte
Roman Catholic cathedrals	St. Lucia's Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral, Badulla St. Mary's Cathedral, Batticaloa St. Mary's Cathedral, Galle St. Mary's Cathedral, Jaffna St. Sebastian's Cathedral, Mannar St. Sebastian's Church, Diyalagoda
Anglican cathedrals	Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala
CSI cathedral	St. Thomas' Cathedral, Vaddukoddai
Methodist church	Methodist Church, Pettah
Christian Reformed Church	Wolvendaal Church Dutch Reformed Church, Kalpitiya Dutch Reformed Church, Matara Groote Kerk, Galle
Church of Scotland	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Colombo Scots Kirk, Kandy

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