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Diocese of Moramanga

Dioecesis Moramangana



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Bishop(s)

  • Rosario Saro Vella, S.D.B., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 May 2006
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Toamasina
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Madagascar
  • Square Kilometers: 12,064 (4,659 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, Lot 419, B.P. 24, Moramanga 514, Madagascar
  • Telephone: (020)568.20.39

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 May 2006ErectedDiocese of Ambatondrazaka (Moramanga, Anjiro, Andasibe, Amboasary, and Anosibe an'ala) Diocese of Moramanga (erected)
26 February 2010Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Moramanga (from Antananarivo)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
2006110,000348,17031.6%413176,47018673ap2007
2012180,100465,00038.7%419237,83085819ap2013
2013183,500475,50038.6%519247,64576789ap2014
2016173,000495,00034.9%220227,86387789ap2017
2019182,360517,49035.2%619257,29487809ap2020
2021187,400535,82035.0%527325,856948012ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 98, Page 431
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 102, Page 266, and Page 267

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