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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Antananarivo

Madagascar Madagascar

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Antsirabé, Miarinarivo, Tsiroanomandidy

History

  • 1841: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Madagascar (from Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon)
  • 1848.09.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore
  • 1848: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Madagascar
  • 1896.01.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Madagascar and Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Madagascar
  • 1898: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Madagascar / Madagascar Centrale (Italiano)
  • 1913.05.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Fianarantsoa
  • 1913.05.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Betafó
  • 1913.05.20: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive / Tananariven(sis) (Latin)
  • 1935.06.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Vatomandry
  • 1938.01.08: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Morondava
  • 1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tananarive / Tananariven(sis) (Latin)
  • 1959.05.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ambatondrazaka
  • 1989.10.28: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antananarivo / Antananariven(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2005.12.07 – ...):Archbishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona (67)Archbishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona (67)
Auxiliary Bishop (2010.03.25 – ...):Bishop Jean de Dieu Raoelison (50)Bishop Jean de Dieu Raoelison (50)

Titular Bishop of Corniculana

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Antananarivo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona (67)Archbishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona (67)
(2005.12.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Born:1946.05.24 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1975.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:1999.04.11

Bishop of Ambanja (Madagascar) (1998.11.28 – 2005.12.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Ambanja (Madagascar) (2005.12.07 – 2007.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar) (2005.12.07 – ...)

Cardinal Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra
(1994.02.03 – 2005.12.07)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:1925.08.07 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1954.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1978.07.02
Created Cardinal:1994.11.26
Died:2010.01.09 († 84)

Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar) (1978.04.27 – 1989.10.28)

Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar) (1989.10.28 – 1994.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar) (1994.02.03 – 2005.12.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Miarinarivo (Madagascar) (1994.07 – 1998.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1994.11.26 – 2010.01.09)

President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar (1996 – 2002)

Cardinal Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J.
(1989.10.28 – 1993.10.06)

Born:1921.09.08 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1956.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1971.01.16
Created Cardinal:1976.05.24
Died:1993.10.06 († 72)

Bishop of Farafangana (Madagascar) (1971.01.16 – 1976.04.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar (1974 – 1986)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1976.04.10 – 1989.10.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1976.05.24 – 1993.10.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar) (1989.10.28 – 1993.10.06)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tananarive (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J.
(1976.04.10 – 1989.10.28)

(see above)

Cardinal Jérôme Rakotomalala
(1960.04.04 – 1975.11.01)

Opus fac evangelistæ

Born:1914.07.15 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1943.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:1960.05.08
Created Cardinal:1969.04.28
Died:1975.11.01 († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1960.04.04 – 1975.11.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar (1965 – 1966)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1969.04.30 – 1975.11.01)

Archbishop Victor Sartre, S.J.
(1955.09.14 – 1960.01.12)

Born:1902.09.23 (France)
Ordained Priest:1932.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:1948.07.17
Died:2000.10.13 († 98)

Titular Bishop of Vaga (1948.03.11 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1948.03.11 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1955.09.14 – 1960.01.12)

Titular Archbishop of Beroë (1960.01.12 – 2000.10.13)

Vicars Apostolic of Tananarive (Roman Rite)

Bishop Victor Sartre, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1948.03.11 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Bishop Etienne Fourcadier
(1928.02.15 – 1947.04.22)

Born:1867.04.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:1900.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:1928.05.31
Died:1948.05.02 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1928.02.15 – 1947.04.22)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1928.02.18 – 1948.05.02)

Bishop Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J.
(1913.05.20 – 1927.03.07)

Born:1850.07.07 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1900.02.18
Died:1929.08.07 († 79)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Central Madagascar (Madagascar) (1899.11.22 – 1911.08.30)

Titular Bishop of Rhizæum (1899.11.22 – 1929.08.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Madagascar (Madagascar) (1911.08.30 – 1913.05.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive (Madagascar) (1913.05.20 – 1927.03.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Central Madagascar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henri de Lespinasse de Saune, S.J.
(1911.08.30 – 1913.05.20)

(see above)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Cazet
(1885.05.05 – 1911.08.30)

Born:1827.07.31 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1885.10.11
Died:1918.03.06 († 90)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Madagascar (Madagascar) (1885.05.05 – 1911.08.30)

Titular Bishop of Sozusa (1885.05.05 – 1918.03.06)

Vicars Apostolic of Madagascar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexandre-Hippolyte-Xavier Monnet, C.S.Sp.
(1848.10.03 – 1849.12.01)

Born:1812.01.04 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1848.11.05
Died:1849.12.01 († 37)

Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers) (1848.03.02 – 1848.10.03)

Titular Bishop of Pella (1848.10.03 – 1849.12.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar (Madagascar) (1848.10.03 – 1849.12.01)

Former Prelates

as of 2013.09.24

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