St. Mary's Cathedral, Badulla

Church in Badulla, Sri Lanka

St. Mary’s Cathedral


Location	Badulla
Country	Sri Lanka
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Cathedral
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Groundbreaking	1881; 143 years ago (1881)
Administration
Archdiocese	Colombo
Diocese	Badulla
Clergy
Priest(s)	Rev. Fr. Priyantha

St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Badulla. It was established on 13 September 1881. The annual feast is held on the 2nd Sunday of October. The current church was built by the Rev. Fr. Peter Farina, OSB in the 1950s.

St. Mary's Cathedral featured on Christmas postal stamps and were issued by the Sri Lankan government in 2009.

References

"St. Mary's Cathedral – Badulla". Retrieved 23 April 2019.
"St. Mary's church". Retrieved 23 April 2019.
"St. Mary's Cathedral – Badulla MNH (Item: #SL585)".

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 Shrine, 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
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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