Diocese of Tôlagnaro
Tolagnaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
The Diocese of Tôlagnaro (Fort-Dauphin) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in southern Madagascar, established in 1896 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Madagascar and renamed in 1989. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toliara, with its see at the Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, and is led by Bishop Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 November 1989
- Latin
- Tolagnaren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Annuario code
- 001003242
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,000
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 2,222
- Extent
- 45,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
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
- Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona
- Born
- 10 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Ambositra
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
Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-de-Paul stands in Tôlagnaro, 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 MorondavaMorondava
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Madagascar's ecclesiastical province of Fort-Dauphin, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tolagnaro (Latin: Tolagnaren(sis)) serves as a Latin suffragan diocese. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and its cathedral episcopal seat is in Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar).
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].