The Diocese of Trincomalee () is a Latin Catholic diocese for eastern Sri Lanka. The current bishop is Noel Emmanuel.
History The Diocese of Trincomalee was created on 25 August 1893 from parts of the Archdiocese of Colombo and the Diocese of Jaffna. In the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka there were two abandon regions.According to the report of Rev.FR Etinne Sameria ( omi), in 1850, in Trincomalee there were five churches with 1,500 Catholics. Every Sunday sermon was delivered in English and Tamil.
The diocese was renamed Diocese of Trincomalee–Batticaloa on 23 October 1967. On 19 December 1975 parts of the diocese were transferred to newly created Apostolic Prefecture of Anuradhapura. The diocese was renamed Diocese of Trincomalee on 3 July 2012 after parts of the diocese were transferred to newly created Diocese of Batticaloa.
Bishops #BishopTook officeLeft office 1st Charles Lavigne 1898 1913 2nd Gaston Robichez 1917 1946 3rd Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie 1947 1974 4th Leo Rajendram Antony 1974 1983 5th Kingsley Swampillai 1983 2015 6th Noel Emmanuel 2015
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