St. Mary’s Cathedral

St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of in northern . The cathedral is also known locally as Periye Kovil.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: cathedral in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “St. Mary’s Cathedral, Jaffna”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Family Convent, Jaffna and Jaffna Public Library.

School
Holy Family Convent is a national school in , . The school was established in 1845 and consists of both a Tamil and an English convent. is situated 500 metres northwest of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Library
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is located in , . It is one of Jaffna's landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. is situated 1¼ km northwest of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Hospital
is a government hospital in , . It is the leading hospital in the and the only hospital in the province controlled by the central government in . is situated 1½ km northwest of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nallur and Ariyalai.

Town
is an affluent suburb in , . It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. is most famous for , one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.

Town
Photo: உமாபதி, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb of the city of in northern . The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census. is situated 2½ km east of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern city of . is situated 4½ km north of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

St. Mary’s Cathedral

Latitude
9.6567° or 9° 39′ 24″ north
Longitude
80.02281° or 80° 1′ 22″ east
Open location code
6MX2M24F+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 573117025
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q16313757
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tamil—“St. Mary’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائيه مارة مارية”
  • Burmese: “စိန့်မေရီဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်းတော်၊ ဂျက်ဖနာ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سانت مارى”
  • German: “Kathedrale der Heiligen Maria”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Jaffna”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Santa Maria”
  • Russian: “Собор Пресвятой Девы Марии”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ත මරියා ආසන දෙව් මැදුර, යාපනය”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ත මරියා ආසන දෙව් මැදුර”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Maria”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa María”
  • Tamil: “புனித மரியா தலைமைக் கோயில், யாழ்ப்பாணம்”
  • Tamil: “புனித மரியாள் பேராலயம், யாழ்ப்பாணம்”

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