Suffragan diocese Port-Bergé, Madagascar
Diocese of Port-Bergé
Portus Bergen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Port-Bergé is a Latin Rite diocese in northwestern Madagascar, erected in 1993 from the Diocese of Mahajanga. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antsiranana, led by Bishop Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara since 2013.
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- Established
- 1993
- Catholics
- 10,400
- Priests
- 27
- Territory
- 23,367 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
- Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara
- Born
- 26 January 1953
- Birthplace
- Endoor
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DI PARIGI
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The cathedral
Catedral de María Asunta al Cielo stands in Port-Bergé, 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
Port-Bergé, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Antsiranana in Madagascar, is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese, known in Latin as Portus Bergen(sis).