Diocese of Morombe
Moromben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Morombe, Madagascar
The Diocese of Morombe is a Latin Church diocese in southwestern Madagascar, established on 25 April 1960 from the Diocese of Morondava. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toliara and has been led by Bishop Jean Desire Razafinirina since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 April 1960
- Latin
- Moromben(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002295
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 31,206
- Population
- 387,263
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 8.1%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 743
- Extent
- 31,917 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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 Désiré Razafinirina
- Born
- 5 May 1975
- Birthplace
- Manombo
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 du Sacre-Coeur de Jesus stands in Morombe, 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 MorondavaMorondava
- Diocese of TôlagnaroTôlagnaro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the ecclesiastical province of Toliara in Madagascar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe (Latin: Moromben(sis)) has its episcopal see in the city of Morombe.
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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.