Catholic Church in Madagascar
The Catholic Church in Madagascar is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
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About one quarter of the population of Madagascar is Catholic – about four million adherents in total. There are 21 dioceses including five archdioceses. Below is a list of the archdioceses dioceses, and the archbishops and bishops of each.[1]
Antsirabe Cathedral
- Antananarivo – Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona
- Antsirabé – Félix Ramananarivo
- Miarinarivo – Jean Claude Randrianarisoa
- Tsiroanomandidy – Gustavo Bombin Espino
- Antsiranana – Michel Malo
- Ambanja – Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B.
- Mahajanga – Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo
- Port-Bergé – Armand Toasy
- Fianarantsoa – Fulgence Rabemahafaly
- Ambositra – Fidelis Rakotonarivo
- Farafangana – Benjamin Marc Ramaroson
- Ihosy – Philippe Ranaivomanana
- Mananjary – - José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega
- Toamasina – Desire Tsarahazana
- Ambatondrazaka – Antoine Scopelliti
- Fenoarivo Atsinanana – Marcellin Randriamamonjy
- Moramanga – Gaetano Di Pierro
- Toliara – Fulgence Rabeony
- Morombe – Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz
- Morondava – Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina
- Tôlagnaro – Vincent Rakotozafy
References
External links
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/MG.htm
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