Suffragan diocese Morondava, Madagascar
Diocese of Morondava
Morondaven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1955
- Catholics
- 85,639
- Priests
- 54
- Territory
- 46,620 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Maria Manjaka NamahoraMorondava · CathedralView parish
- Co-cathédrale Saint-JosephMiandrivazo · CathedralView parish
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina
- Born
- 20 January 1968
- Birthplace
- Ambohijanahary
- Institute
- CARMELITANI SCALZI
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Maria Manjaka Namahora stands in Morondava, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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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.
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