Diocese of Antsirabé
Antsiraben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Antsirabé, Madagascar
The Diocese of Antsirabe in Madagascar was founded as the Apostolic Prefecture of Betafo in 1913 and became a diocese in 1955. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antananarivo, with current bishop Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Antsiraben(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of La Salette
- Annuario code
- 001000705
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 892,713
- Population
- 1,355,000
- Catholic share
- 65.9%
- Extent
- 16,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
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
- Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina
- Born
- 24 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Mitsinjo
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
Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Antsirabe stands in Antsirabé, 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 Antananarivo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Antananarivo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AntananarivoAntananarivo
- Diocese of MaintiranoMaintirano
- Diocese of MiarinarivoMiarinarivo
- Diocese of TsiroanomandidyTsiroanomandidy
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin suffragan see within the province of Antananarivo (one of Madagascar's five, centered on the national capital), the Diocese of Antsirabe (Latin: Antsiraben(sis)) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its bishop's church is the Marian Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette in the city of Antsirabe, Antananarivo Province.
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].