Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo

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Archdiocese of Antananarivo

Archidioecesis Antananarivensis
Church Antananarivo.jpg
Location
CountryFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Ecclesiastical province Antananarivo
Statistics
Area2,465 sq mi (6,380 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
3,550,000
957,000 (27%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedDecember 1841
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Jean De Dieu Raoelison
Auxiliary BishopsJean Pascal Andriantsoavina
Bishops emeritus Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo is one of five Latin Metropolitan Archdioceses in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l'Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Andohalo, in the national capital city of Antananarivo.

The archdiocese was, for many years, one of the bases for the spreading of Catholicism in Madagascar and the surrounding British and especially French Indian Ocean territories like Réunion, Comoros and others, which now form an Indian Ocean Episcopal Conference.

Statistics

As per 2014 it pastorally served 957,000 Catholics (27.0% of 3,550,000 total) on 12,500 km2 in 77 parishes and 22 missions with 356 priests (160 diocesan, 196 religious), 2,333 lay religious (568 brothers, 1,765 sisters) and 131 seminarians.

The archdiocese had a total population of about 2,1816,7149 in 2004, with about 27.1% of the residents being Catholic; 277 Priests operated in the Archdiocese, making for a ratio of 2,750 Catholics per priest.

Ecclesiastical province

The suffragan dioceses and the bishops in the ecclesiastical province of Antananrivo headed by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananrivo are (2017):

History

On 1896.01.16 it lost Malagassy (Malgache) territory to establish the then Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Madagascar and then Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Madagascar (now Metropolitan Archdioceses). In 1898 it was accordingly renamed itself as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Madagascar (Madagascar Centrale).

On 20 May 1913, it was renamed after its see as the Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive.

It lost more Malagassy territory on Madagascar thrice more : on 1933.12.13 to establish the Mission sui juris of Miarinarivo, on 1935.06.18 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Vatomandry and on 1938.01.08 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Morondava.

On 1959.05.21 it again lost Malagassy territory to establish the Diocese of Ambatondrazaka.

Ordinaries

Until World War II its ordinaries were generally French missionaries of Latin congregations. [1]

Apostolic Prefects of Madagascar
Apostolic Vicars of Madagascar
Apostolic Vicars of Central Madagascar
Apostolic Vicars of Tananarive
Metropolitan Archbishops of Tananarive
Metropolitan Archbishops of Antananarivo

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References

  1. "Archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar".
  2. "Rinunce e nomine" (Press release). 11 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Rinunce e nomine, 05.06.2023" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

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