Catholic Church in Madagascar

By Type (22)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (5)

By Rite

Roman Rite (22): Ambanja, Ambatondrazaka, Ambositra, Antananarivo, Antsirabé, Antsiranana, Farafangana, Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Fianarantsoa, Ihosy, Mahajanga, Maintirano, Mananjary, Miarinarivo, Moramanga, Morombe, Morondava, Port-Bergé, Toamasina, Tôlagnaro, Toliara, Tsiroanomandidy

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Apostolic Nunciature: Madagascar

Conference of Bishops: Conférence Episcopale de Madagascar (C.E.M.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)

Area: 581,540 km²

Population: 25,054,161

Former Name: Malagasy Republic

Neighbouring Countries: ← Mozambique , ↖ Mayotte , ↑ Seychelles , → Mauritius , → Réunion , ↘ French Southern Territories , ↘ Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Cultural Summary

Religions: Christian, indigenous religionist, Muslim

Languages: French (official), Malagasy (official), English

Ethnic Groups: Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran

Motto: Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fandrosoana (Malagasy) (Ancestral-land, Liberty, Progress)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 587,041 km²

Catholic Population: 9,075,000 Catholics (32.2% of 28,178,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 504 parishes, 8,246 mission stations (37 with resident priest, 8,209 without resident priest), 86 other centres

Clergy: 26 bishops (20 diocesan, 6 titular), 2,070 priests (1,077 diocesan, 993 religious), 2 permanent deacons (1 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 6,410 religious (681 brothers, 5,729 sisters), 137 members of secular institutes (4 brothers, 133 sisters), 2,098 major seminarians, 1,781 missionaries, 16,306 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists