Diocese of Mahajanga
Mahagiangan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mahajanga, Madagascar
The Diocese of Mahajanga is a Latin Catholic diocese in northwestern Madagascar, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1923 and elevated to a diocese on 14 September 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antsiranana and led by Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1989
- Latin
- Mahagiangan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002106
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 142,447
- Population
- 992,794
- Catholic share
- 14.3%
- Priests
- 63
- Catholics per priest
- 2,261
- Extent
- 71,900 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz
- Born
- 16 October 1958
- Birthplace
- Nietuszkowo
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA
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
del Corazón Inmaculado de María stands in Mahajanga, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Antsiranana.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AntsirananaAntsiranana
- Diocese of AmbanjaAmbanja
- Diocese of Port-BergéPort-Bergé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Mahajanga in Madagascar is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Mahagiangan(us)) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Antsiranana.
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].