Diocese of Moramanga
| Diocese of Moramanga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toamasina |
| Diocesan bishop | Rosario Saro Vella SDB (appointed) |
| surface | 12,064 km² |
| Parishes | 9 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 495,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 173,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 34.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,864 |
| Friars | 87 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 78 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
| cathedral | Cathédrale du Sacré Coeur |
The diocese Moramanga ( lat. : Dioecesis Moramanganus ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Moramanga .
history
The diocese of Moramanga was on May 13, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Cum esset from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Ambatondrazaka and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Antananarivo as a suffragan .
On February 26, 2010 the diocese of Moramanga was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Toamasina as a suffragan.
Bishops of
- Gaetano Di Pierro SCJ , 2006–2018, then Bishop of Farafangana
- Rosario Saro Vella SDB , since 2019