Archdiocese of Toliara
Toliaran(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Toliara, Madagascar
The Archdiocese of Toliara is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in southwestern Madagascar, established as the Diocese of Tuléar in 1957 and elevated to archdiocese in 2003. It is led by Archbishop Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T., with its see at the Cathédrale Saint-Vincent de Paul.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 November 2003
- Latin
- Toliaran(us)
- Patron
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Annuario code
- 001003246
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 163,300
- Population
- 1,156,800
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 14.1%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 2,177
- Extent
- 43,570 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.7
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
- Archbishop
- Gustavo Bombín Espino
- Born
- 24 September 1960
- Birthplace
- San Llorente
- Institute
- ORDINE DELLA SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ E DEGLI SCHIAVI (TRINITARI)
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 Toliara, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MorombeMorombe
- Diocese of MorondavaMorondava
- Diocese of TôlagnaroTôlagnaro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among Madagascar's five metropolitan archdioceses with an ecclesiastical province is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toliara (Latin: Toliarana), which depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is located in Toliara, the city formerly called Tuléar.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Archevêché, B.P. 30, Toliara 601, Madagascar
- Telephone
- 326.843.874
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.