Diocese of Ambositra, Madagascar

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ambositra / Ambositrens(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fianarantsoa

1999.06.03: Established as Diocese of Ambositra / Ambositrens(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa and became suffragan of Fianarantsoa)

Bishop (2005.06.24 – ...):

Bishop Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J. (68)

Bishops of Ambositra (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.J. (68)
(2005.06.24 – ...)

Bishop of Ambositra (Madagascar)

Bishop of Ambositra (Madagascar) (2005.06.24 – ...)

Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly (73)
(Apostolic Administrator 2002.12.01 – 2005.06.24)

Bishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly (73) (later Archbishop)
(1999.06.03 – 2002.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar)

Priest of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) (1980.08.14 – 1999.06.03)

Bishop of Ambositra (Madagascar) (1999.06.03 – 2002.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (Madagascar) (2002.10.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Ambositra (Madagascar) (2002.12.01 – 2005.06.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar (2021.11.11 – 2024.11.13)

Area: 24,000 km²

Population: 532,024 Catholics (53.4% of 997,225 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 76 priests (61 diocesan, 15 religious), 241 religious (40 brothers, 201 sisters), 77 seminarians