Diocese of Ambositra
Diocese of Ambositra | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Madagascar |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa |
Diocesan bishop | Fidelis Rakotonarivo SJ |
Vicar General | Georges Ralaisolo |
surface | 24,000 km² |
Parishes | 21 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 815,864 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 405,282 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 49.7% |
Diocesan priest | 43 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 10 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 7,647 |
Friars | 35 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 166 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
The Bistum Ambositra ( lat. : Dioecesis Ambositrensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ambositra .
history
The Diocese of Ambositra was established on June 3, 1999 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ad aeternam from ceding territories of the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Ambositra
- Fulgence Rabemahafaly , 1999–2002, then Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
- Fidelis Rakotonarivo SJ , since 2005
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum ad aeternam , AAS 91 (1999), n.11, pp. 1026f.