Diocese of Moramanga
Moramangan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Moramanga, Madagascar
The Diocese of Moramanga is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Madagascar, established on 13 May 2006 from the Diocese of Ambatondrazaka. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toamasina and has been led by Bishop Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B., since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 May 2006
- Latin
- Moramangan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002292
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 2,619
- Extent
- 12,064 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.1
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
- Rosario Saro Vella
- Born
- 8 May 1952
- Birthplace
- Canicattì
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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
Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral stands in Moramanga, 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 Toamasina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toamasina.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ToamasinaToamasina
- Diocese of AmbatondrazakaAmbatondrazaka
- Diocese of Fenoarivo AtsinananaFenoarivo Atsinanana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In eastern Madagascar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moramanga (Dioecesis Moramanganus) is a suffragan of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Toamasina. It was created on May 13, 2006 from territory split off from the diocese of Ambatondrazaka, and Gaetano Di Pierro S.C.I., previously auxiliary bishop of Ambatondrazaka, was chosen as its first bishop. Its cathedral is the Sacred Heart of Jesus church in Moramanga.
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].