Diocese of Ihosy
| Diocese of Ihosy | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa |
| Diocesan bishop | Fulgence Razakarivony MS |
| surface | 40,900 km² |
| Parishes | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 493.091 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 85,536 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 17.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,312 |
| Friars | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 127 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
The diocese Ihosy ( lat. : Dioecesis Ihosiensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ihosy .
history
The diocese of Ihosy was on April 13, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Mirifice sane from cessions of territory of the dioceses of Fort-Dauphin and Farafangana and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ihosy
- Luigi Dusio CM , 1967-1970
- Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra MS , 1972-1996
- Philippe Ranaivomanana , 1999–2009, then Bishop of Antsirabé
- Fulgence Razakarivony , since 2011
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Mirifice sane , AAS 59 (1967), n.16, pp. 1032f.