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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toamasina () is one of five Latin Metropolitan
archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
s on
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, yet depends on the missionary
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. Its
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archiepiscopal see is the Cathédrale Saint Joseph, dedicated to
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in the city of
Toamasina Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French language, French Tamatave or in the past as Port aux prunes, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief ...
. It was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese by
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on Friday, February 26, 2010.


Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 620,022 Catholics (31.1% of 1,992,866 total) on 23,690 km2 in 21 parishes with 59 priests (22 diocesan, 37 religious), 185 lay religious (82 brothers, 103 sisters) and 19 seminarians.


Ecclesiastical Province

Toamasina has as
suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
sees: * Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambatondrazaka *
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana () is a diocese located in the city of Fenoarivo Atsinanana in the ecclesiastical province of Toamasina in Madagascar. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale Saint Maurice, in the city o ...
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Moramanga The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Moramanga (''Dioecesis Moramanganus'') is located in the east of Madagascar. It is a suffragan diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Toamasina. The diocese was created on May 13, 2006 by split ...
.


History

* Established on June 18, 1935 as
Apostolic Prefecture An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...
of
Vatomandry Vatomandry is a town in and the administrative center of the Vatomandry District, Atsinanana Region, Madagascar.(29 March 2006)MADAGASCAR: Maintaining the roads to prosperity '' IRIN'' An airport serves the city. Etymology and location Located ...
, on territories split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Fianarantsoa and Apostolic Vicariate of Tananarive * Promoted on May 25, 1939 and renamed after its new see as
Apostolic Vicariate An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often ...
of
Tamatave Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave or in the past as Port aux prunes, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief seaport of the ...
. * Promoted on September 14, 1955 as Diocese of Tamatave * On 1968.04.09 it lost territory to establish the
Diocese of Mananjary The Diocese of Mananjary is a Roman Catholic Diocese under the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar. It is based in the town of Mananjary and was erected on 9 April 1968. It performs the Latin Rite. The Diocese covers approximately 14,270  ...
* Renamed on January 31, 1990 like its see as Diocese of Toamasina * Promoted on February 26, 2010 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toamasina


Ordinaries

(all
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) ;''Apostolic Prefect of Vatomandry'' * Father Alain-Sébastien Le Breton,
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(S.M.M.) (born France) (1935 – 1939.05.25 ''see below'') ;''Apostolic Vicar of Tamatave'' * Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. (''see above'' 1939.05.25 – 1955.09.14 ''see below''),
Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Hypselis Hypselis or Hypsela (; ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the Asyut Governorate. History Antiquity ''Shashot ...
(1939.05.25 – 1955.09.14) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Tamatave'' * Alain-Sébastien Le Breton, S.M.M. (''see above'' 1955.09.14 – retired 1957.03.15); emeritate as
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of
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(1957.03.15 – death 1964.12.16) * Jules-Joseph Puset,
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(P.S.S.) (born France) (1957.11.14 – retired 1972.03.25), died 1983 *
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(1972.03.25 – retired 1989.05.15), died 1992 * René Joseph Rakotondrabé (1989.05.15 – 1990.01.31 ''see below''); previously
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of
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(1972.03.25 – 1974.02.28) as
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of
Tuléar Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in southern Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of the national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name ...
(Madagascar) (1972.03.25 – 1974.02.28), succeeding as Bishop of Tuléar (1974.02.28 – 1989.05.15) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Toamasina'' * René Joseph Rakotondrabé (''see above'' 1989.05.15 - retired 2008.11.24), died 2012 * Desire Tsarahazana (2008.11.24 - 2010.02.26 ''see below''); previously Bishop of
Fenoarivo Atsinanana Fenoarivo Atsinanana (French: Fénérive Est) is a city (commune urbaine) in Madagascar. It is the capital of the Analanjirofo region and of the district of Fenerive-Est. Geography It is situated at the East coast of Madagascar, about 103  ...
(Madagascar) (2000.10.30 – 2008.11.24), remaining a while
Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of Fenoarivo Atsinanana (2008.12 – 2009.02.10); future Cardinal ;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Toamasina'' * Desire Tsarahazana (''see above'' 2010.02.26 - ...), also President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar (2012.11 – ...); Cardinal in 2018


See also

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Madagascar *
Roman Catholicism in Madagascar The Catholic Church in Madagascar is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2020, just over a quarter of the population of Madagascar was Catholic. There were almost 2,000 priests and over 5 ...


Sources and external links


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