Archdiocese of Toliara
| Archdiocese of Toliara | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Madagascar |
| Diocesan bishop | Fulgence Rabeony SJ |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 43,570 km² |
| Parishes | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 795,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 79,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 9.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 38 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,646 |
| Friars | 56 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 279 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Malagasy |
| Website | toliaraecclesia.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Morombe Diocese of Morondava Diocese of Tôlagnaro |
The Erzbistum Toliara ( lat. : Archidioecesis Toliaranus ) is in Madagascar preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Toliara .
history
The Archdiocese of Toliara was founded on April 8, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. from the cession of the diocese of Fort-Dauphin established as the diocese of Tuléar and subordinated to the archbishopric of Tananarive as a suffragan . On December 11, 1958, the Diocese of Tuléar was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa as a suffragan. The diocese of Tuléar was renamed the Diocese of Toliara on October 28, 1989 .
On December 3, 2003, the diocese of Toliara was raised to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution De universo dominico .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Tuléar
- Michel-Henri Canonne AA , 1959–1974
- René Joseph Rakotondrabé , 1974–1989, then Bishop of Toamasina
Bishops of Toliara
- Fulgence Rabeony SJ , 1990-2003
Archbishops of Toliara
- Fulgence Rabeony SJ, since 2003
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Toliara on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 27, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. De universo dominico , AAS 96 (2004), n.2, p. 87.