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Diocese of Ambatondrazaka

Dioecesis Ambatondrazakaënsis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 21 May 1959
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Toamasina
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Madagascar
  • Square Kilometers: 25,054 (9,677 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, B.P. 33, Ambatondrazaka 503, Madagascar
  • Telephone: (020)54.810.12

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 May 1959ErectedArchdiocese of Diégo-Suarez (Ambatondrazaka and Andilamena)
Archdiocese of Tananarive (Moramanga)
Diocese of Ambatondrazaka (erected)
17 December 1974Territory AddedDiocese of Majunga (Andriamena) Diocese of Ambatondrazaka
13 May 2006Territory LostDiocese of Ambatondrazaka (Moramanga, Anjiro, Andasibe, Amboasary, and Anosibe an'ala) Diocese of Moramanga (erected)
26 February 2010Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Ambatondrazaka (from Antananarivo)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195936,343207,09717.5%16162,27121388ap1960
197054,459300,65518.1%20202,722296910ap1971
198086,000462,00018.6%319223,909299014ap1981
1990152,000726,00020.9%420246,333352315ap1991
1999238,4401,300,00018.3%718259,537338016ap2000
2000242,9401,167,94020.8%1415298,3773011016ap2001
2001251,8501,266,85019.9%924337,6315610515ap2002
2002256,0501,372,05018.7%921308,5354414016ap2003
2003266,0001,400,00019.0%924338,0604014218ap2004
2004271,2751,459,27518.6%1027377,3314514018ap2005
2005330,0001,500,00022.0%1127388,6845115920ap2006
2006220,0001,151,83019.1%621278,148371205ap2007
2012268,1201,411,74019.0%721289,5754314716ap2013
2015310,0001,638,00018.9%828368,61120316ap2016
2018223,646988,93722.6%1525405,591601705ap2019
2020163,8381,067,01015.4%1527423,90063986ap2021
2022165,7251,039,27415.9%2026463,602651066ap2023

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 51, Page 801, to Page 803
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 120, and Page 121
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 102, Page 266, and Page 267

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