Diocese of Mananjary
Mananiarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mananjary, Madagascar
The Diocese of Mananjary is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in southeastern Madagascar, erected in 1968. It has been led by Bishop Jose Alfredo Caires de Nobrega since 2000.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 April 1968
- Latin
- Mananiarien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002132
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 195,237
- Population
- 1,991,721
- Catholic share
- 9.8%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 4,881
- Extent
- 14,270 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega
- Born
- 12 April 1951
- Birthplace
- Caniço
- Institute
- SACERDOTI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ (DEHONIANI)
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
St. Augustine Cathedral, Mananjary stands in Mananjary, 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 Fianarantsoa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FianarantsoaFianarantsoa
- Diocese of AmbositraAmbositra
- Diocese of FarafanganaFarafangana
- Diocese of IhosyIhosy
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 9 April 1968 and based in the town of Mananjary, this Latin Rite diocese in Madagascar stands under the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa. Its territory extends over roughly 14,270 km (5,511 sq. miles). Figures from 2004 put the population at about 700,000, of whom 14.8% were Catholic, served by 35 priests, a ratio of one priest for every 2,962 Catholics. Since October 2000 the diocese has been led by Bishop José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, SCI.
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].