Suffragan diocese Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
Tsiroanomandidyen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy is a Latin Church diocese in Madagascar, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Antananarivo. It was established as a prefecture in 1949 and raised to a diocese in 1958.
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- Established
- 1958
- Catholics
- 223,433
- Priests
- 50
- Territory
- 40,000 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
- Gabriel Randrianantenaina
- Born
- 26 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Tanambe
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Notre Dame du Bon Remede stands in Tsiroanomandidy, 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
A suffragan Latin diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo in Madagascar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy (Latin: Tsiroanomandidyen(sis)) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see is the Marian Cathédrale Notre Dame du Bon Remède in Tsiroanomandidy, Antananarivo Province.