The History of Madagascar started from the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea, containing amongst others the African continent and the Indian subcontinent, and by the island's late colonization by human settlers from the Sunda Islands and from East Africa. These two factors facilitated the evolution and survival of thousands of endemic plant and animal species, some of which have gone extinct or are currently threatened with extinction. Trade in the Indian Ocean at the time of first colonization of Madagascar was dominated by Indonesian ships, probably of Borobudur ship and K'un-lun po types.
Antsiranana, named Diego-Suarez prior to 1975, is a city in the far north of Madagascar. Antsiranana is the capital of Diana Region. It had an estimated population of 115,015 in 2013.
Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury, was a British Church of England bishop and life peer. He served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. He was appointed on 31 May 1961 and held the office until 1974, having previously been appointed Bishop of Durham in 1952 and the Archbishop of York in 1956.
The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean is a province of the Anglican Communion. It covers the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. The current Archbishop and Primate is Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo, Bishop of Fianarantsoa.
John Richard Allan Llewellin is a retired Anglican bishop in the Church of England.
Ernest Edwin Curtis was an Anglican Archbishop in the second half of the 20th century.
Robert Kestell Kestell-Cornish was the first Bishop of Madagascar. from 1874 to 1896
George Lanchester King was the second Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1899 to 1919.
Vincent William Ryan was an Anglican bishop who served as the first Bishop of Mauritius. His work was instrumental in establishing the Anglican Church's presence in the Indian Ocean and East Africa, paving the way for future dioceses in the region.
Gerald James Ian Ernest is a Mauritian Anglican bishop. In 2001 he was consecrated as the 15th bishop of Mauritius. From 2006 to 2017 he was archbishop of the Province of the Indian Ocean. Since October 2019 he has been the Archbishop of Canterbury's Personal Representative to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
George Cardell Briggs was the first Bishop of The Seychelles.
John David Edward Davies KStJ is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop and former solicitor. From 2008 he was the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales. On 6 September 2017, he was also elected Archbishop of Wales; he continued in his role as diocesan bishop. He retired from both offices with effect from 2 May 2021.
William Henry Taylor was the last provost of Portsmouth Cathedral.
John Walder Dunlop Holder is a former Barbadian Anglican archbishop. He was the Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies and held the See of Barbados.
Jonathan Mark Richard Baker is a bishop of the Church of England who is currently suffragan Bishop of Fulham, providing alternative episcopal oversight in the dioceses of London, Southwark and Rochester. He was formerly Bishop of Ebbsfleet, providing provincial episcopal oversight to the western half of the Province of Canterbury.
Ranarivelo Samoela Jaona is the current Malagasy Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Antananarivo. He was consecrated on the 29 June 2008 at the cathedral of Saint Laurent's in Ambohimanoro, and is the fourth bishop of Antananarivo.
St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro is an Anglican cathedral in Madagascar's capital of Antananarivo. Located in the upper part of the city, the cathedral was built on the hill of Ambohimanoro, near the Andohalo square, and has now been designated as a national heritage by the Malagasy government. It is one of the first permanent Anglican churches built on the island.
The Cathedral of Saint James in Toamasina is the Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Toamasina, Madagascar.
Darrell Critch is a Canadian-born Anglican bishop. Since December 2024, he has been the third diocesan bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar, in the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean. Prior to his election as bishop, he was the founding rector of the Anglican Church of the Good Samaritan in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo is a Malagasy Anglican bishop. He was the elected and installed as the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, in the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean in 2003. In 2018, he oversaw the completion of St. Mark's Cathedral in Fianarantsoa. He succeeded James Wong as the province's archbishop and primate in 2024.
