Diocese of Antsirabé
Antsiraben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Antsirabé, Madagascar
The Diocese of Antsirabe in Madagascar was founded as the Apostolic Prefecture of Betafo in 1913 and became a diocese in 1955. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antananarivo, with current bishop Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Antsiraben(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of La Salette
- Annuario code
- 001000705
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 892,713
- Population
- 1,355,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 65.9%
- Priests
- 199
- Catholics per priest
- 4,486
- Extent
- 16,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
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
- Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina
- Born
- 24 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Mitsinjo
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
Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Antsirabe stands in Antsirabé, 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 Antananarivo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Antananarivo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AntananarivoAntananarivo
- Diocese of MaintiranoMaintirano
- Diocese of MiarinarivoMiarinarivo
- Diocese of TsiroanomandidyTsiroanomandidy
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin suffragan see within the province of Antananarivo (one of Madagascar's five, centered on the national capital), the Diocese of Antsirabe (Latin: Antsiraben(sis)) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its bishop's church is the Marian Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette in the city of Antsirabe, Antananarivo Province.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.