Suffragan diocese Maintirano, Madagascar
Diocese of Maintirano
Maintiranen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Maintirano is a Latin Catholic see in western Madagascar, erected on 8 February 2017 from territory of the dioceses of Tsiroanomandidy, Mahajanga, and Morondava. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antananarivo.
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- Established
- 2017
- Catholics
- 36,120
- Priests
- 16
- Territory
- 38,852 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola
- Born
- 23 November 1974
- Birthplace
- Ambohipihaonana Ambohimanga Rova
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DI « LA SALETTE »
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The cathedral
Cathedrale de l'Assomption stands in Maintirano, 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.
History
One of five suffragan sees in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo (the national capital) on Madagascar, the Latin Catholic Diocese of Maintirano nonetheless remains under the jurisdiction of the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Cathédrale de l'Assomption, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, stands in Maintirano, Mahajanga Province.