Remi Joseph Rabenirina (born 6 March 1938) is a former Malagasy Anglican archbishop. He was Archbishop of the

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, from 1995 to 2005. Rabenirina was educated at the

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. After a brief career as a school teacher, he was ordained an Anglican priest in 1967. He was

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at St James’

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and then held incumbencies at St Matthew's

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and St John's

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. In 1984, he was elected Bishop of Antananarivo, retiring in 2008; and in 1995 Archbishop of the Indian Ocean, resigning in 2005. An author Amongst others he wrote ''An Open Door: a short history of the beginning of the Anglican Church in Northern Madagascar'' (1969), ''Preaching the Cross'' (1990), ''Some of the Saints remembered in the Anglican Church Calendar, Madagascar'' (1998) >

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2 December 2010 he is Chevalier, Officier et Commandeur de l’Ordre National (Malagasy).

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