Diocese of Morondava
Morondaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Morondava, Madagascar
The Diocese of Morondava is a Latin Church diocese in western Madagascar, established as a diocese on 14 September 1955 from an earlier apostolic prefecture (1938). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toliara and has been led by Bishop Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D., since 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Morondaven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002297
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 85,639
- Population
- 460,200
- Catholic share
- 18.6%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 1,586
- Extent
- 46,620 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina
- Born
- 20 January 1968
- Birthplace
- Ambohijanahary
- Institute
- CARMELITANI SCALZI
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
Cathedrale Maria Manjaka Namahora stands in Morondava, 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 Toliara
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toliara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ToliaraToliara
- Diocese of MorombeMorombe
- Diocese of TôlagnaroTôlagnaro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Morondava, in Madagascar's Toliara province, the Marian Cathédrale Maria Manjaka Namahora serves as the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morondava (Latin: Morondaven(sis)). The see is a suffragan Latin diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Toliara, one of five such provinces in Madagascar, yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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].