Diocese of Mahajanga
Diocese of Mahajanga | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Madagascar |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Antsiranana |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
founding | 1923 |
surface | 65,500 km² |
Parishes | 20 (February 8, 2017) |
Residents | 1,433,792 (February 8, 2017) |
Catholics | 256,992 (February 8, 2017) |
proportion of | 17.9% |
Diocesan priest | 31 (February 8, 2017) |
Religious priest | 12 (February 8, 2017) |
Catholics per priest | 5,977 |
Friars | 4 (February 8, 2017) |
Religious sisters | 164 (February 8, 2017) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
The Bistum Mahajanga ( lat. : Dioecesis Mahagianganus ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mahajanga .
history
The diocese of Mahajanga was on March 15, 1923 by Pope Pius XI. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Diégo-Suarez as Apostolic Vicariate Majunga . The Apostolic Vicariate Majunga gave on January 8, 1931 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Morondava .
On September 14, 1955, the Apostolic Vicariate Majunga was by Pope Pius XII. raised to the diocese. The diocese of Majunga was renamed the Diocese of Mahajanga on October 28, 1989 . On October 18, 1993, the Diocese of Mahajanga gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Port-Bergé .
On February 8, 2017, there were territorial shares in the size of a parish for the establishment of the diocese of Maintirano .
The diocese of Majunga is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Antsiranana as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Majunga
- Paul Pichot CSSp , 1923-1940
- Edmond Wolff CSSp, 1941–1947, then Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez
- Jean Batiot CSSp, 1947-1953
- Jean Eugène Gabriel David CSSp, 1954–1955
Bishops of Majunga
- Jean Eugène Gabriel David CSSp, 1955–1978
- Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra , 1978-1989
Bishops of Mahajanga
- Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra, 1989–1994, then Archbishop of Antananarivo
- Michel Malo is. del Prado , 1996–1998, then Archbishop of Antsiranana
- Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo , 1999-2010
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Roger Victor Rakotondrajao , 2010-2018
- Sedis vacancy since November 3, 2018
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Erezione della diocesi di Maintirano (Madagascar) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 8, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 (Italian).