Diocese of Miarinarivo
Miarinariven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Miarinarivo, Madagascar
The Diocese of Miarinarivo is a Latin rite see in Madagascar, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Antananarivo. Established as a mission in 1933 and promoted to a diocese in 1955, it is led by Bishop Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Miarinariven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002241
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 192,035
- Population
- 396,774
- Catholic share
- 48.4%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 2,527
- Extent
- 18,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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 Claude Randrianarisoa
- Born
- 4 December 1961
- Birthplace
- Nandihizana Carion
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
de Cristo Rey stands in Miarinarivo, 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 AntsirabéAntsirabé
- Diocese of MaintiranoMaintirano
- Diocese of TsiroanomandidyTsiroanomandidy
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Miarinarivo in Madagascar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Miarinarivo (Latin: Miarinariven(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo.
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].