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Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy

Dioecesis Tsiroanomandidyensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 11 December 1958
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Antananarivo
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Madagascar
  • Square Kilometers: 19,821 (7,655 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, Lot 4TL Tsaralalana, B.P. 30, Tsiroanomandidy 119, Madagascar
  • Telephone: 343.247.919

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy
13 January 1949ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Miarinarivo (Tsiroanomandidy and Fenoarivo) Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy (erected)
9 June 1950Territory AddedPrefecture Apostolic of Morondava (Maintirano and Morafenobe) Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy
Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
11 December 1958ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
8 February 2017Territory LostDiocese of Mahajanga
Diocese of Morondava
Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
Diocese of Maintirano (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy
19509,60064,00015.0%991,0661234ap1951
Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
196942,543115,24136.9%124251,701313010ap1971
198061,242165,78536.9%119203,062314111ap1981
199082,890270,12730.7%319223,767315515ap1991
1999127,167387,40732.8%1211235,529167416ap2000
2000159,291391,17140.7%1515305,309206516ap2001
2001154,141402,19938.3%1513285,50519623ap2002
2002161,483393,36341.1%1411256,45919703ap2003
2003167,321429,30239.0%1613295,76919623ap2004
2004172,189464,21137.1%1614305,73922833ap2005
2010186,691455,72741.0%2622483,88936923ap2011
2014223,433600,16737.2%2817454,965361323ap2015
2017241,325699,50034.5%2928574,2335316117ap2018
2020247,321590,60041.9%3321544,580421373ap2021
2022275,060721,81438.1%3218505,501431693ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Tsiroanomandidy
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 41, Page 214, and Page 215
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 891
  • Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 449, to Page 451

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