Comprises 2,222 square miles of the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka (former Ceylon) Erected as the vicariate apostolic of Kandy on April 20, 1883. Elevated to the diocese of Kandy on September 1, 1886, a suffragan of Colombo. Entrusted to the Benedictines of the Congregation of Saint Silvester, Abbot. See also: