Suffragan diocese Moramanga, Madagascar
Diocese of Moramanga
Moramangan(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 2006
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Priests
- 42
- Territory
- 12,064 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
- Rosario Saro Vella
- Born
- 8 May 1952
- Birthplace
- Canicattì
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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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.
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.