Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean

The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean is a member church of the Anglican Community and includes the territory of Madagascar , Mauritius , La Réunion and the Seychelles . After the missionary work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel began in 1864 , its own Anglican diocese was founded in 1874. In 1969 it was divided into three dioceses. Together with the Anglican Diocese of Mauritius, whose origins lie in the missions of 1810, and the Seychelles, it was elevated to an independent Anglican ecclesiastical province in 1973 . Today it is divided into eight dioceses and has around 505,000 believers. The spiritual leader is the Archbishop of the Indian Ocean Province , currently James Richard Wong Yin Song .

The church is a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC).

The province comprises eight dioceses in four countries:

diocese	Country	bishop
Antananarivo	Madagascar , Antananarivo	Samoela Jaona Ranarivelo
Antsiranana	Madagascar , Antsiranana	Theophile Botomazava
Fianarantsoa	Madagascar , Fianarantsoa	Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo
Mahajanga	Madagascar , Mahajanga
Mauritius (including Reunion Island)	Mauritius , Port Louis	Gerald James (Ian) Ernest
Seychelles	Seychelles , Victoria	James Richard Wong Yin Song
Toamasina	Madagascar , Toamasina	Jean Paul Solo
Toliara	Madagascar , Toliara	Todd McGregor

Web links

• Website of the Anglican Communion
• Church of the Indian Ocean Province on the WCC website