Suffragan diocese Morombe, Madagascar
Diocese of Morombe
Moromben(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Morombe is a Latin Church diocese in southwestern Madagascar, established on 25 April 1960 from the Diocese of Morondava. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toliara and has been led by Bishop Jean Desire Razafinirina since 2024.
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- Established
- 1960
- Catholics
- 31,206
- Priests
- 42
- Territory
- 31,917 km²
Parishes and churches
12 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse MorombeMorombe · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse AmbahikilyAmbahikilyView parish
- Paroisse AndalambezoAndalambezoView parish
- Paroisse AndavadoakaAndavadoakaView parish
- Paroisse AnkazoaboAnkazoaboView parish
- Paroisse AnkiliaboAnkiliaboView parish
- Paroisse Befandriana-SudBefandriana-SudView parish
- Paroisse BerentyBerentyView parish
- Paroisse BerorohaBerorohaView parish
- Paroisse FanjakanaFanjakanaView parish
- Paroisse ManjaManjaView parish
- Paroisse TanandavaTanandavaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean Désiré Razafinirina
- Born
- 5 May 1975
- Birthplace
- Manombo
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The cathedral
Cathedrale du Sacre-Coeur de Jesus stands in Morombe, 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
Part of the ecclesiastical province of Toliara in Madagascar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe (Latin: Moromben(sis)) has its episcopal see in the city of Morombe.