Diocese of

Maintirano

Madagascar Madagascar

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Maintirano (PortuguĂȘs) / Maintiranen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antananarivo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.05.02 – ...):Bishop ClĂ©ment Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S. (50)Bishop ClĂ©ment Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S. (50)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Maintirano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S. (50)Bishop Clément Herizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S. (50)
(2024.05.02 – ...)

Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar)

Born:1974.11.27 (Ambohipihaonana-Ambohimanga, Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:2016.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:2024.07.14

Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar) (2024.05.02 – ...)

Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F. (66)Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F. (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.10.01 – 2024.05.02)

Archbishop Gustavo BombĂ­n Espino, O.SS.T. (64)Bishop Gustavo BombĂ­n Espino, O.SS.T. (64) (later Archbishop)
(2017.02.08 – 2023.07.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara (Madagascar)

Fiainana sy fanantenana ary fiadnana

Born:1960.09.24 (San Llorente, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1987.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:2004.02.08

Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy (Madagascar) (2003.10.04 – 2017.02.08)

Bishop of Maintirano (Madagascar) (2017.02.08 – 2023.07.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Mahajanga (Madagascar) (2018.11.13 – 2022.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara (Madagascar) (2023.07.22 – ...)

Special Churches

Mahajanga (↗), Tsiroanomandidy (↘), Morondava (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 38,852 kmÂČ

Population: 36,120 Catholics (7.8% of 462,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1 parish

Personnel: 16 priests (7 diocesan, 9 religious), 41 religious (11 brothers, 30 sisters), 12 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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