Diocese of Tôlagnaro
| Diocese of Tôlagnaro | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toliara |
| Diocesan bishop | Vincent Rakotozafy |
| founding | 1896 |
| surface | 45,000 km² |
| Parishes | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 860,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 100,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 11.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,703 |
| Friars | 47 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 118 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
| Website | diocesetolagnaro.org |
The Bistum Tolanaro ( lat. : Dioecesis Tolagnarensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Tolanaro .
history
The diocese of Tôlagnaro was on January 16, 1896 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Madagascar as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Madagascar . The Apostolic Vicariate of South Madagascar was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Fort-Dauphin on May 20, 1913 .
On September 14, 1955 the Apostolic Vicariate Fort-Dauphin was by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tananarive as a suffragan . The diocese of Fort Dauphin gave up on April 8, 1957 parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Farafangana and Tuléar . On December 11, 1958, the diocese of Fort-Dauphin was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa as a suffragan. The diocese of Fort Dauphin gave up on April 13, 1967 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Ihosy . On November 23, 1989, the diocese of Fort-Dauphin was renamed the Diocese of Tôlagnaro . The diocese of Tôlagnaro was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Toliara as a suffragan on December 23, 2003.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Southern Madagascar
- Jean-Jacques Crouzet CM , 1896–1913
Vicars Apostolic of Fort Dauphin
- Jean-Jacques Crouzet CM, 1913-1933
- Antonio Sévat CM, 1933-1952
- Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel CM, 1953–1955
Bishops of Fort Dauphin
- Alphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel CM, 1955–1968
- Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco CM, 1968–1989
Bishops of Tôlagnaro
- Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco CM, 1989-2001
- Vincent Rakotozafy , since 2001
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Tôlagnaro on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 26, 2011.