Diocese of Tôlagnaro
Tolagnaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tôlagnaro, Madagascar
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 November 1989
- Latin
- Tolagnaren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Annuario code
- 001003242
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,000
- Population
- 1,119,310
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 8.9%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 2,222
- Extent
- 45,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
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
- Luc Olivier Razafitsimialona
- Born
- 10 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Ambositra
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 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.
The province of Toliara
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toliara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ToliaraToliara
- Diocese of MorombeMorombe
- Diocese of MorondavaMorondava
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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).
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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.