Archdiocese of Antsiranana
Antsirananen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Antsiranana, Madagascar
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antsiranana in northern Madagascar was founded as the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Madagascar in 1896 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1958. Its suffragans are Ambanja, Mahajanga, and Port-Berge.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1989
- Latin
- Antsirananen(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000706
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 662,873
- Population
- 1,573,833
- Catholic share
- 42.1%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 8,609
- Extent
- 37,924 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Archbishop
- Benjamin Marc Balthason Ramaroson, C.M.
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
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Antsiranana stands in Antsiranana, 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 Antsiranana
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmbanjaAmbanja
- Diocese of MahajangaMahajanga
- Diocese of Port-BergéPort-Bergé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
One of Madagascar's five metropolitan Latin archdioceses, Antsiranana heads its own ecclesiastical province while remaining subject to the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The archbishop's seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Antsiranana, dedicated to the Sacred Heart. An Anglican Bishop of Antsiranana also exists, within the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean.
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].