Cathedral · Jaffna, Sri Lanka
St. Mary's Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Diocese of Jaffna, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A cathedral is the church of the bishop, where his chair, the cathedra, stands: the mother church of the diocese, where he ordains priests and blesses the holy oils each Holy Week. It is one of 11 cathedrals in Sri Lanka on CathoNav.
- Where
- Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Cathedral of
- Diocese of Jaffna · its bishop today
- Founded
- 1794
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