Catholic Church in Madagascar 🇲🇬

By Type (22)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (5)

By Rite

Roman Rite (22): Ambanja, Ambatondrazaka, Ambositra, Antananarivo, Antsirabé, Antsiranana, Farafangana, Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Fianarantsoa, Ihosy, Mahajanga, Maintirano, Mananjary, Miarinarivo, Moramanga, Morombe, Morondava, Port-Bergé, Toamasina, Tôlagnaro, Toliara, Tsiroanomandidy

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Apostolic Nunciature: Madagascar

Conference of Bishops: Conférence Episcopale de Madagascar (C.E.M.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)

Area: 581,540 km²

Population: 25,054,161

Former Name: Malagasy Republic

Neighbouring Countries: ← Mozambique , ↖ Mayotte , ↑ Seychelles , → Mauritius , → Réunion , ↘ French Southern Territories , ↘ Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Cultural Summary

Religions: Christian, indigenous religionist, Muslim

Languages: French (official), Malagasy (official), English

Ethnic Groups: Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran

Motto: Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fandrosoana (Malagasy) (Ancestral-land, Liberty, Progress)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 587,041 km²

Catholic Population: 9,851,000 Catholics (32.9% of 29,915,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 524 parishes, 8,358 mission stations (70 with resident priest, 8,288 without resident priest), 120 other centres

Clergy: 26 bishops (18 diocesan, 8 titular), 2,208 priests (1,133 diocesan, 1,075 religious), 3 permanent deacons (1 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 6,920 religious (681 brothers, 6,239 sisters), 138 members of secular institutes (4 brothers, 134 sisters), 2,141 major seminarians, 1,786 missionaries, 17,531 catechists

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