Trincomalee (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Ernest Hull · 1913
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Description
A diocese in Ceylon, suffragan of Colombo, created in 1893 by dividing the diocese of Jaffna. It covers the whole eastern province and the district of Tamankuduwa, and out of 186,251 people counts 8,773 Catholics, with 28 churches and chapels served by Jesuit fathers and two missionaries Apostolic.
Candidates for the priesthood are sent to the Kandy seminary, and the diocese runs fifty-five schools with 2,523 pupils. A convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, with five sisters, conducts an orphanage, and the bishop, Charles Lavigne, a Jesuit consecrated in 1887, resides at Trincomalee.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ernest Hull |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 0 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |