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    Catholic Diocese of Galle (Latin: Dioecesis Gallensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. Erected as the Diocese of...
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    located within the Galle fort in Galle, Sri Lanka and is located on Church Road. The decision to build an Anglican church at Galle, was initiated by the...
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  • Maldives Diocese of Anuradhapura Diocese of Badulla Diocese of Batticaloa Diocese of Chilaw Diocese of Galle Diocese of Jaffna Diocese of Kandy Diocese of Kurunegala...
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    Colombo, Dushantha Lakshman Rodrigo has four archdeaconries, namely, Colombo, Galle, Jaffna and Upcountry and East. Keerthisiri Fernando the 6th Bishop of Kurunegala...
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    Catholic Diocese of Galle Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala Roman Catholic Diocese of Mannar...
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  • dioceses List of Chaldean dioceses Coptic Catholic dioceses Ethiopic Catholic dioceses Melkite Catholic dioceses Maronite dioceses Ruthenian dioceses...
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  • Colombo Diocese of Anuradhapura Diocese of Badulla Diocese of Chilaw Diocese of Galle Diocese of Jaffna Diocese of Kandy Diocese of Kurunegala Diocese of Mannar...
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    Press by Bernard de Silva for the Church of Ceylon. The Church of Ceylon: A history, 1945-1995 Editor: Medis, Published for the Diocese of Colombo. The...
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    The dioceses are: Archdiocese of Colombo Diocese of Anuradhapura Diocese of Badulla Diocese of Batticaloa Diocese of Chilaw Diocese of Galle Diocese of...
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  • when the Bishop of Galle, Joseph Van Reeth (in French), wanted to create an educational infrastructure in the newly established diocese, and called on the...
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  • sculptor Victor Prouvé, who was, with Émile Gallé, one of the initiators of the movement of the École de Nancy, part of Art Nouveau in France. In 1948...
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    the world. C. H. de Soysa Exports was the first company registered by a Ceylon national. He constructed commercial buildings at Galle Face, Colpetty, Fort...
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    of the key ports along with Kalpitiya, Puttalam, Colombo, Kalutara and Galle, from which the Sri Lankan kingdoms conducted external trade. The region...
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    the École de Nancy. The city possesses a unique and interesting Musée de l'École de Nancy (School of Nancy Museum) with artworks by Émile Gallé, Louis Majorelle...
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  • to 1961 Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 5th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle Aloysius Pieris, Jesuit Catholic priest Ernest Poruthota (1931-2020)...
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    Raymond Aron Maurice Barrès Jacques Callot Emile Durkheim, sociologist Emile Gallé Claude Gellée Joan of Arc, national heroine of France Jean Lurçat Marcel...
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    have him declared a saint. Pope Francis canonized Father Joseph Vaz on Galle Face Green, in Colombo on 14 January 2015. Records of ancient travelers...
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    The Battles of La Naval de Manila or Battle of Manila Bay (Spanish: Batallas de las marinas de Manila) were a series of five naval battles fought in the...
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    Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Although they had originally planned to work in Galle, the British colonial office in Ceylon restricted the Americans to out-of-the-way...
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    Books. Torrentius, L. (1608) Commentarii in Horatium. Antverpiae. Francois de Callatay, The numismatic interests of Laevinus Torrentius (1525-1595), one...
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    on 14 January 2015 by Pope Francis in an open-air Mass ceremony at the Galle Face Green in Colombo. He The third of six children, Vaz was born in 1651...
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  • Bishop's College History, p.10 History of the Diocese of Colombo Her four children (their births registered at Galle) were Winifred Nora Radcliffe Drew, Georgiana...
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    States, and many European Union buildings. White flags were also put up in Galle Face Green and other prominent places throughout Sri Lanka. Several Commonwealth...
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    Colombo diocese (accessed 5 January 2011)". Island.lk. 23 May 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2012. "The Daily News of 7 November 2009 – Christ Church Galle Face...
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    Pope Gregory XIV (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    origin of the residence of bishops in their diocese, a position not well seen by Rome. Returned in his diocese, he applied the reforms of the Council of...
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    Urhoye-Rhawi/Sawtho Elayto, Zabuq Notable Syriac leaders in Midyat were: Galle Hermez, Hanne Safer, Ibrahim Shabo (Sahho), Isa Zatte (Chalma) Midyat is...
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    (1822–1899) Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890) Paul Verlaine (1844–1896) Émile Jules Gallé (1846–1904) Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848–1884) Eugène Vallin (1856–1922) Émile...
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    and removed the idol of the main deity of the temple, and took it back to Galle, Dutch Ceylon. The idols was returned after many negotiations with the Madurai...
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    approximately 1.1 km (0.68 mi) away from the Soysapura junction on Colombo-Galle main road (A2). It was consecrated on 24 February 1876 (St. Matthias’ Day)...
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    Comorin the Dutch Admiral Joris van Spilbergen steered his course to Point de Galle; but, without landing there or at any of the other places which were strongly...
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