Suffragan diocese Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
Diocese of Tôlagnaro
Tolagnaren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1896
- Catholics
- 100,000
- Priests
- 45
- Territory
- 45,000 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
- Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona
- Born
- 10 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Ambositra
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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.
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).