Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo (Latin: Archidioecesis Columbensis in Taprobane) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. It was erected as the Diocese of Ceylon from Diocese of Cochin by Pope Gregory XVI on December 3 1834 and renamed as the Diocese of Colombo on February 17 1845.

area (km2)
3.838e+09
country
Sri Lanka
jurisdiction
Diocese
province
Colombo

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