Diocese of Miarinarivo
| Diocese of Miarinarivo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Antananarivo |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean Claude Randrianarisoa |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Raymond Razakarinvony |
| founding | 1933 |
| surface | 18,000 km² |
| Parishes | 16 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 396,774 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 192.035 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 48.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,334 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 60 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
The Bistum Miarinarivo ( lat. : Dioecesis Miarinarivensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Miarinarivo .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Mission sui juris Miarinarivo on December 13, 1933. On May 25, 1939 she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
It lost part of its territory on January 13, 1949 in favor of the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture Tsiroanomandidy . With the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis it was raised on September 14, 1955 to the diocese, which was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Antananarivo as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Miarinarivo
- Ignace Ramarosandratana (May 25, 1939 - September 14, 1955)
Bishops of Miarinarivo
- Ignace Ramarosandratana (September 14, 1955 - September 1, 1957, died)
- Edouard Ranaivo (June 24, 1958 - April 30, 1959, died)
- François Xavier Rajaonarivo (April 5, 1960 - November 15, 1985, died)
- Armand Toasy (July 3, 1987 - October 18, 1993, then Bishop of Port-Bergé )
- Raymond Razakarinvony (February 14, 1998 - February 15, 2007, retired)
- Jean Claude Randrianarisoa , since February 15, 2007
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1949 | 34,019 | 69,437 | 49.0 | 14th | 12 | 2 | 2,429 | 7th | 8th | 2 | |
| 1969 | 60,315 | 164,373 | 36.7 | 22nd | 21st | 1 | 2,741 | 15th | 33 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 80.164 | 198,866 | 40.3 | 15th | 12 | 3 | 5,344 | 4th | 17th | 1 | |
| 1990 | 109,316 | 188,000 | 58.1 | 19th | 13 | 6th | 5,753 | 8th | 64 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 189,182 | 387.217 | 48.9 | 29 | 22nd | 7th | 6,523 | 14th | 46 | 14th | |
| 2000 | 195,636 | 418,342 | 46.8 | 36 | 26th | 10 | 5,434 | 17th | 59 | 14th | |
| 2001 | 187.735 | 374,648 | 50.1 | 31 | 24 | 7th | 6,055 | 10 | 35 | 17th | |
| 2002 | 184,381 | 381,000 | 48.4 | 33 | 26th | 7th | 5,587 | 9 | 42 | 17th | |
| 2003 | 204.087 | 373.463 | 54.6 | 36 | 28 | 8th | 5,669 | 9 | 60 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 192.035 | 396.774 | 48.4 | 36 | 29 | 7th | 5,334 | 7th | 60 | 16 | |