Diocese of

Port-Bergé

Madagascar Madagascar

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Port-Bergé / Portus Bergen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antsiranana

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.12.15 – ...):Bishop Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P. (72)Bishop Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P. (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Port-Bergé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P. (72)Bishop Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P. (72)
(2013.12.15 – ...)

Bishop of Port-Bergé (Madagascar)

Born:1953.01.26 (Endoor, India)
Ordained Priest:1982.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:2009.05.24

Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Bergé (Madagascar) (2008.11.24 – 2013.12.15)

Bishop of Port-Bergé (Madagascar) (2013.12.15 – ...)

Bishop Armand Toasy (85)Bishop Armand Toasy (85)
(1993.10.18 – 2013.12.15)

Bishop emeritus of Port-Bergé (Madagascar)

Born:1939.11.14 (Ampondralava, Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1969.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:1984.11.04

Priest of Majunga (Madagascar) (1969.04.13 – 1984.06.22)

Titular Bishop of Turuzi (1984.06.22 – 1987.07.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Majunga (Madagascar) (1984.06.22 – 1987.07.03)

Bishop of Miarinarivo (Madagascar) (1987.07.03 – 1993.10.18)

Bishop of Port-Bergé (Madagascar) (1993.10.18 – 2013.12.15)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Mahajanga (←), Ambanja (↑), Fenoarivo Atsinanana (↘), Ambatondrazaka (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 23,367 km²

Population: 26,830 Catholics (2.7% of 984,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (diocesan), 59 religious (4 brothers, 55 sisters), 24 seminarians

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Last updated on 2025.01.27

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