The Diocese is organised into four archdeaconries, each under an Archdeacon, and nine area deaneries within them, each under an Area Dean. The structure exists because the Diocese is too large and too varied to be run from one office in Colombo.
Select an archdeaconry on the map or above to see its deaneries and the places it reaches.
Three deaneries: Colombo North, Colombo South and Sabaragamuwa. The largest concentration of congregations in the Diocese, and the greatest variety within a small area. Colombo North runs from the old city parishes of Pettah, Mutwal and Kotahena up the coast through Negombo and Chilaw to Puttalam. Colombo South covers the Cathedral and the city parishes of Galle Face, Polwatte, Milagiriya, and Wellawatte, and reaches out to Borella, Kotte, Nugegoda and Thalangama. Sabaragamuwa runs inland to Avissawella, Karapincha, Ratnapura, Hapugastenna, Nivitigala, Balangoda and Rakwana.
Two deaneries: Moratuwa and Galle. Moratuwa deanery covers the dense belt of congregations from Dehiwala and Mount Lavinia through Moratuwa and Panadura to Kalutara, including Holy Emmanuel Moratuwa, one of the largest congregations in the Diocese. Galle deanery follows the coast from Galle through Matara and Tangalle to Hambantota, and inland to Elpitiya, Baddegama, Urubokka, Deniyaya and Beverly.
One deanery covering the Northern Province: Jaffna town, Nallur, Chundikuli, Kopay, Urumpirai, Kokuvil, Pallai, Uduthurai, Kilinochchi, Tharmapuram, Thanneerutu in Mullaitivu, Vavuniya and Nelukkulam. Worship here is in Tamil. Several of these congregations were displaced during the war and have rebuilt. Karuna Nilayam at Kilinochchi and Oppuravillam at Vavuniya both sit within this archdeaconry.
Three deaneries: Up Country, Eastern Province and Uva Province, together covering more ground than any other archdeaconry. Up Country holds the estate congregations of the Malayaga makkal, at Watawala, Dickoya, Maskeliya, Bogawantalawa, Agarapatana, Thalankanda, Lindula, Kotagala, Pundaluoya Nuwara Eliya and Ragala, worshipping mostly in Tamil. Eastern Province reaches Trincomalee, Valaichchenai, Morukottanchenai, Mylampaveli, Batticaloa, Navatkudah, Ampara, Nugelanda and AIMS Centers. Uva Province covers Haputale, Diyatalawa, Bandarawela, Demodara, Badulla, Passara, Mahadhova, Galoola, Lunugala, Batawaththe, Koslanda, Wellawaya and Monaragala.
