Diocese of Ambatondrazaka
Ambatondrazakaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
Latin rite diocese in the Alaotra-Mangoro region of Madagascar, established on 21 May 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toamasina, with Bishop Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina serving since 14 August 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1959
- Latin
- Ambatondrazakaën(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Trinity
- Annuario code
- 001000672
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 171,275
- Population
- 1,151,830
- Catholic share
- 14.9%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 3,172
- Extent
- 21,436 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Orthasie Marcellin Herivonjilalaina
- Born
- 13 September 1979
- Birthplace
- Morarano Chrome
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathédrale de la Très Sainte Trinité stands in Ambatondrazaka, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Toamasina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toamasina.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ToamasinaToamasina
- Diocese of Fenoarivo AtsinananaFenoarivo Atsinanana
- Diocese of MoramangaMoramanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Ambatondrazakaën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toamasina, in Toamasina, Madagascar.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].