Bishopric of Antsirabe
| Bishopric of Antsirabe | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Antananarivo |
| Diocesan bishop | Philippe Ranaivomanana |
| founding | 1913 |
| surface | 16,000 km² |
| Parishes | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,355,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 799,574 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 59% |
| Diocesan priest | 56 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 62 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,776 |
| Friars | 193 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 293 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
| cathedral | Our Lady of La Salette Cathedral, Antsirabé |
| Website | http://www.dioceseantsirabe.org/ |
The Bistum Antsirabé ( lat. : Dioecesis Antsirabensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Antsirabé .
history
The diocese of Antsirabé was established on May 15, 1913 by Pope Pius X from the cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Madagascar as the Apostolic Prefecture Betafó . On August 24, 1918, the Apostolic Prefecture Betafó was by Pope Benedict XV. with the Apostolic Constitution Laeto semper accipimus raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . The Apostolic Vicariate Betafó was renamed on January 10, 1921 in Apostolic Vicariate Antsirabé . On January 8, 1938, the Apostolic Vicariate Antsirabé gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Morondava .
The Apostolic Vicariate Antsirabé was on September 14, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tananarive as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Betafó
- François-Joseph Dantin MS , 1913-1918
Vicars Apostolic of Betafó
- François-Joseph Dantin MS, 1918–1921
Vicars Apostolic of Antsirabé
- François-Joseph Dantin MS, 1921-1941
- Edouard Rostaing MS, 1942-1946
- Joseph-Paul Futy MS, 1947-1955
Bishops of Antsirabe
- Claude Rolland MS, 1955-1973
- Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa MS, 1974-1989
- Philibert Randriambololona SJ , 1989–1992, then Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
- Felix Ramananarivo MS, 1994-2009
- Philippe Ranaivomanana , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Antsirabé diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 27, 2011.