Bishopric of Mananjary
| Bishopric of Mananjary | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa |
| Diocesan bishop | José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega SCJ |
| Vicar General | Pasteur Razafimahaleo |
| surface | 14,270 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,055,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 157,724 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 15% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,381 |
| Friars | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 96 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
The Bistum Mananjary ( lat. : Dioecesis Mananiariensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mananjary .
history
The diocese of Mananjary was founded on April 9, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Perpetua florere from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa and the Diocese of Tamatave and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa as a suffragan .
Bishops of Mananjary
- Robert Lucien Chapuis MEP , 1968–1973
- François Xavier Tabao Manjarimanana SJ , 1975-1999
- José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega SCJ , since 2000
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Perpetua florere , AAS 61 (1969), n.1 , p. 7f.