Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Fianarantsoa / Fianarantsoaën(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Ambositra, Farafangana, Ihosy, Mananjary
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2002.10.01 – ...): | Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly (72) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Fianarantsoa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly (72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)
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Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J.
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Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J.
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Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J.
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Bishops of Fianarantsoa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Fianarantsoa (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Charles Givelet, S.J.
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Area: 29,400 km²
Population: 1,074,000 Catholics (45.5% of 2,360,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 13 missions
Personnel: 197 priests (92 diocesan, 105 religious), 656 religious (293 brothers, 363 sisters), 90 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.04.14
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