Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
| Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Antananarivo |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 19,206 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (February 8, 2017) |
| Residents | 699.500 (February 8, 2017) |
| Catholics | 241,325 (February 8, 2017) |
| proportion of | 34.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 30 (February 8, 2017) |
| Religious priest | 28 (February 8, 2017) |
| Catholics per priest | 4.161 |
| Friars | 8 (February 8, 2017) |
| Religious sisters | 161 (February 8, 2017) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
The Bistum Tsiroanomandidy ( lat. : Dioecesis Tsiroanomandidyensis ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Tsiroanomandidy .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Miarinarivo on January 13, 1949 out of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Miarinarivo .
On December 11, 1958, it was raised to a diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Antananarivo as a suffragan.
On February 8, 2017, it gave up more than half of its territory and three of the twenty existing parishes to establish the diocese of Maintirano .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Tsiroanomandidy
- Angel Martínez Vivas OSsT (January 14, 1949 - December 11, 1958)
Bishops of Tsiroanomandidy
- Angel Martínez Vivas OSsT (December 11, 1958 - July 30, 1977)
- Jean-Samuel Raobelina MS (April 27, 1978 - June 30, 2001)
-
Gustavo Bombin Espino OSsT (October 4, 2003– February 8, 2017), then Bishop of Maintirano
- Sedis vacancy since February 8, 2017
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 9,600 | 64,000 | 15.0 | 9 | 9 | 1,066 | 12 | 3 | 4th | ||
| 1969 | 42,543 | 115.241 | 36.9 | 25th | 1 | 24 | 1,701 | 31 | 30th | 10 | |
| 1980 | 61,242 | 165.785 | 36.9 | 20th | 1 | 19th | 3,062 | 31 | 41 | 11 | |
| 1990 | 82,890 | 270.127 | 30.7 | 22nd | 3 | 19th | 3,767 | 31 | 55 | 15th | |
| 1999 | 127.167 | 387,407 | 32.8 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 5,529 | 16 | 74 | 16 | |
| 2000 | 159.291 | 391.171 | 40.7 | 30th | 15th | 15th | 5,309 | 20th | 65 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 172.189 | 464.211 | 37.1 | 30th | 16 | 14th | 5,739 | 22nd | 83 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 241,325 | 699,500 | 34.5 | 58 | 30th | 28 | 4.161 | 8th | 161 | 17th | |
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy 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).