Diocese of Morondava
| Diocese of Morondava | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toliara |
| Diocesan bishop | Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina OCD |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier MS |
| founding | 1938 |
| surface | 40,000 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (February 8, 2017) |
| Residents | 675,000 (February 8, 2017) |
| Catholics | 56,692 (February 8, 2017) |
| proportion of | 8.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (February 8, 2017) |
| Religious priest | 45 (February 8, 2017) |
| Catholics per priest | 945 |
| Friars | 8 (February 8, 2017) |
| Religious sisters | 150 (February 8, 2017) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
The Bistum Morondava ( lat. : Dioecesis Miarinarivensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Morondava .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Morondava on January 8, 1938 from cessions of the Apostolic Vicariate Fianarantsoa , Mahajanga and Antananarivo .
With the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis it was raised on September 14, 1955 to the diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa as a suffragan. It lost part of its territory on April 25, 1960 in favor of the establishment of the diocese of Morombe . On December 3, 2003, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of Toliara.
On February 8, 2017, there were territorial shares in the scope of two parishes to establish the diocese of Maintirano .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Morondava
- Joseph-Paul Futy MS (January 21, 1938 - February 13, 1947, then Vicar Apostolic of Antsirabé )
- Stefano Garon MS (July 4, 1947–1954)
Bishops of Morondava
- Paul Joseph Girouard MS (December 30, 1954 - February 20, 1964)
- Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana MS (September 29, 1964 - August 8, 1998)
- Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier MS (October 15, 1999 - February 26, 2010)
- Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina OCD (since February 26, 2010)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 20,553 | 212,000 | 9.7 | 10 | 10 | 2,055 | 8th | ||||
| 1970 | 22,080 | 226.225 | 9.8 | 21st | 2 | 19th | 1,051 | 26th | 19th | 3 | |
| 1980 | 24,800 | 234,000 | 10.6 | 15th | 15th | 1,653 | 21st | 35 | 4th | ||
| 1990 | 32,150 | 262,000 | 12.3 | 21st | 1 | 20th | 1,530 | 27 | 36 | 4th | |
| 2000 | 37,100 | 435.870 | 8.5 | 22nd | 2 | 20th | 1,686 | 27 | 51 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 41,620 | 460.200 | 9.0 | 32 | 2 | 30th | 1,300 | 37 | 64 | 6th | |
| 2017 | 56,692 | 675,000 | 8.4 | 60 | 15th | 45 | 945 | 8th | 150 | 21st | |
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Morondava on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Morondava on gcatholic.org (English)
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).