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.

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.

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

See also

• Pedro Opeka
• Catholic Church by country
• List of saints from Africa

External links

• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Madagascar" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/MG.htm