Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
Tsiroanomandidyen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
The Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy is a Latin Church diocese in Madagascar, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Antananarivo. It was established as a prefecture in 1949 and raised to a diocese in 1958.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1958
- Latin
- Tsiroanomandidyen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000005
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 223,433
- Population
- 464,211
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 48.1%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 4,469
- Extent
- 40,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
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
- Gabriel Randrianantenaina
- Born
- 26 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Tanambe
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 du Bon Remede stands in Tsiroanomandidy, 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 AntsirabéAntsirabé
- Diocese of MaintiranoMaintirano
- Diocese of MiarinarivoMiarinarivo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan Latin diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo in Madagascar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy (Latin: Tsiroanomandidyen(sis)) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal see is the Marian Cathédrale Notre Dame du Bon Remède in Tsiroanomandidy, Antananarivo Province.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.