Two were constructed of stones, and covered with tiles five were made of clay and covered with thatch. In the mission of Chilaw, there were seven churches, of which four were dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and three to St Anthony. Caetano de Rosarie, the number of Catholics in the city of Chilaw, Kalpity and Puttalam was of 5285 Tamils and Sinhalese. There were people of Tamil and Sinhala living together.Īccording to a report on ‘The Various Missions of Ceylon’ sent on 12 February 1844 to Propaganda Fide by Mgr. According to the geographical map of Sri Lanka Chilaw is 166 miles distant from Jaffna, 50 miles from Colombo, and 24 miles from Puttalam. The region of Chilaw extended between the river of Chilaw and the river of Kammala, that is, between the Deduru Oya and Maha Oya, an extension of about 25 miles.Ĭhilaw was called the Pearl of North -West Coastal belt, because in ancient times Chilaw was famous for its pearl fisheries. These four regions were the only ones in the Northern (Jaffna) Vicariate that were economically rich and healthy. The north-eastern part was not cultivated for lack of rain. The coastal regions had an abundance of coconut trees.
This province was generally flat and uniform except on the south-eastern part bordering on the central province and on the western province. There were four ecclesiastical regions, Kalpity-Puttalam, Chilaw, Kammala and Kurunagala, in the north-western province of Sri Lanka, which had an area of about 3,400 square miles and about 220,000 inhabitants in 1860.
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