Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana
| Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toamasina |
| Diocesan bishop | Marcellin Randriamamonjy |
| founding | 2000 |
| surface | 25,000 km² |
| Parishes | 10 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 828,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 152.243 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 18.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,350 |
| Friars | 2 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 56 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
The Bistum fenoarivo atsinanana ( lat. : Dioecesis Fenoarivensis-Atsinananensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in fenoarivo atsinanana .
history
The Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana was established on October 30, 2000 by Pope John Paul II from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Antsiranana and subordinated to it as a suffragan diocese. On February 26, 2010, the Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Toamasina as a suffragan.
Bishops of Fenoarivo Atsinanana
- Désiré Tsarahazana , 2000–2008, then Bishop of Toamasina
- Marcellin Randriamamonjy , since 2009