Roman Catholic Diocese of Antsirabe

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Diocese of Antsirabe

Dioecesis Antsirabensis
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Location
CountryFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Metropolitan Antananarivo
Statistics
Area16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,355,000
799,574 (59.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Our Lady of La Salette Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopJean Pascal Andriantsoavina (nominiated 10/07/2023) [1]
Interior of the Cathedral AntsirabeDomInnen.jpg
Interior of the Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antsirabe (Latin : Antsiraben(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo (one of five in Madagascar; in the national capital), yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is the (Marian) Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, in the city of Antsirabe, Antananarivo Province.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 892,713 Catholics (45.4% of 1,967,703 total) on 16,000 km2 in 29 parishes and 2 missions with 125 priests (64 diocesan, 61 religious), 519 lay religious (198 brothers, 321 sisters) and 74 seminarians.

History

Bishops

Ordinaries

(Roman Rite, mostly members of missionary Latin congregations)

Apostolic Prefect of Betafó
Apostolic Vicars of Betafo
Apostolic Vicars of Antsirabe
Suffragan Bishops of Antsirabe

Coadjutor Bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

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