The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maintirano is a Latin Catholic
suffragan
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diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the Metropolitan
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo is one of five Latin Metropolitan Archdioceses in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l' ...
(national capital), one of five on
Madagascar
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), yet it remains in the jurisdiction of the missionary
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l’Assomption, dedicated to the
Assumption of Mary
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, in
Maintirano
Maintirano is a coastal city, commune urbaine (urban municipality), ( mg, kaominina) and Catholic bishopric in western Madagascar approximately 325 kilometres west of the capital Antananarivo. It belongs to the district of Maintirano, which is a p ...
,
Mahajanga Province
Mahajanga was a former province of Madagascar that had an area of 150,023 km². It had a population of 1,896,000 (2004). Its capital was Mahajanga, the second largest city in Madagascar.
Except for Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga Province bordere ...
.
History
.Established on 8 February 2017, as the Diocese of Maintirano, on canonical territories split off from
Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy (also in the Ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo), the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahajanga
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahajanga ( la, Mahagiangan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Mahajanga in the Ecclesiastical province of Antsiranana in Madagascar.
History
* March 15, 1923: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Majunga from ...
(Ecclesiastical Province of Antsiranana) and the
Diocese of Morondava (Ecclesiastical Province of Toliara).
Episcopal Ordinaries
(
Roman Rite
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; so far missionary European members of a Latin congregation)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Maintirano''
*
Gustavo Bombin Espino
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,
Trinitarians
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(O.SS.T.) (born in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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, i ...
) (2017.02.08 – ...), previously Bishop of co-mother-see
Tsiroanomandidy
Tsiroanomandidy is a city (commune urbaine) in central-western Madagascar, approximately 210 kilometres west of the capital Antananarivo.
Tsiroanomandidy is the capital of Bongolava Region and of Tsiroanomandidy District.
Its name means ''One p ...
(Madagascar) (2003.10.04 – 2017.02.08).
See also
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List of Catholic dioceses in Madagascar {{short description, None
The Roman Catholic Church in East Africa's major Indian Ocean island state Madagascar comprises only a Latin hierarchy, which is composed of five ecclesiastical provinces, whose Metropolitan Archbisdhoprics have a total of ...
References
Sources and external links
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Madagascar
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Antananarivo