Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa

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Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa

Archidioecesis Fianarantsoaensis
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Location
Country Madagascar
Ecclesiastical province Fianarantsoa
Statistics
Area29,400 km2 (11,400 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2018)
  • 1,680,240
  • 972,615 (57.9%)
Parishes46
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman rite
Established10 May 1913
CathedralCathédrale du Saint-Nom de Jésus
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa is one of the five Catholic Metropolitan Latin Archdioceses in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Cathédrale du Saint-Nom de Jésus, dedicated to the Name of Jesus, in Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa province.

The present Archbishop is Fulgence Rabemahafaly.

Ecclesiastical province

Its suffragan sees are :

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 831,106 Catholics (56.5% of 1,471,000 total) on 29,400 km2 in 42 parishes and 5 missions with 126 priests (60 diocesan, 66 religious), 525 lay religious (210 brothers, 315 sisters) and 78 seminarians. [1]

It had a total population of about 1,153,750 in 2004. About 40.5% of the residents were Catholic. 121 Priests operate in the Archdiocese, making for a ratio of 3,863 Catholics per Priest.

Bishops

Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite; initially European missionary members of Latin orders) [1]

Apostolic Vicars of Fianarantsoa
Suffragan Bishop of Fianarantsoa
Metropolitan Archbishops of Fianarantsoa

Auxiliary Bishop

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

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References