Diocese of Farafangana
Farafanganen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Farafangana, Madagascar
Latin Church diocese in southeastern Madagascar, erected on April 8, 1957, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa. Bishop Marcellin Randriamamonjy was appointed on October 31, 2024, succeeding Gaetano Di Pierro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 April 1957
- Latin
- Farafanganen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001401
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 71,100
- Population
- 1,583,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.5%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 1,422
- Extent
- 23,176 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Marcellin Randriamamonjy
- Born
- 12 April 1963
- Birthplace
- Sandrandahy
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 du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus stands in Farafangana, 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 Fianarantsoa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FianarantsoaFianarantsoa
- Diocese of AmbositraAmbositra
- Diocese of IhosyIhosy
- Diocese of MananjaryMananjary
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 8 April 1957 and based in the town of Farafangana, the Diocese of Farafangana is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite under the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar. Its territory covers roughly 20,390 km (12,670 mi). In 2004 the diocesan population stood near 900,000, of whom 7.9% were Catholic, served by 36 priests, a ratio of 1,985 Catholics for every 1 priest. Gaetano Di Pietro, SCI has been the bishop since Benjamin Marc Ramaroson, CM became archbishop of Antsiranana.
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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.