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Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Madagascar | |||
1841 | Erected | Prefecture Apostolic of Bourbon | Prefecture Apostolic of Madagascar (erected) |
4 September 1848 | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Madagascar | Prefecture Apostolic of Isole di Mayotta, Nossi-Bé e Comore (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Madagascar | |||
1848 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Madagascar | Vicariate Apostolic of Madagascar |
16 January 1896 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Madagascar | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Madagascar {Madagascar Settentrionale} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Madagascar {Madagascar Meridionale} (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale} | |||
1898 | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Madagascar | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale} |
10 May 1913 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale} (Southern region) | Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa (erected) |
15 May 1913 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale} (Central part) | Prefecture Apostolic of Betafó (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive | |||
20 May 1913 | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Central Madagascar {Madagascar Centrale} | Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive |
18 June 1935 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa (Nosivarilca and Marolambo)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive (Vatomandry and Mahanoro) | Prefecture Apostolic of Vatomandry (erected) |
8 January 1938 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa (part of Bakalavia)
Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga (part of Maintirano and Morafenobe) Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive (part of Maintirano and Morafenobe) | Prefecture Apostolic of Morondava (erected) |
8 January 1938 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Fianarantsoa
Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive | Vicariate Apostolic of Antsirabé (erected) |
25 May 1939 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Majunga (Kiangara)
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Miarinarivo Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive (Ankazobe and part of Arivonimamo) | Vicariate Apostolic of Miarinarivo |
25 May 1939 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Part of Tamatave)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive (Brickaville and part of Tamatave) Prefecture Apostolic of Vatomandry | Vicariate Apostolic of Tamatave |
Archdiocese of Tananarive | |||
14 September 1955 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive | Archdiocese of Tananarive |
21 May 1959 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez (Ambatondrazaka and Andilamena)
Archdiocese of Tananarive (Moramanga) | Diocese of Ambatondrazaka (erected) |
Archdiocese of Antananarivo | |||
28 October 1989 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Tananarive | Archdiocese of Antananarivo |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Tananarive | ||||||||||||
1950 | 149,272 | 590,000 | 25.3% | 30 | 72 | 102 | 1,463 | 113 | 213 | 8 | ap1951 | |
Archdiocese of Tananarive | ||||||||||||
1970 | 296,185 | 968,243 | 30.6% | 48 | 97 | 145 | 2,042 | 268 | 428 | 34 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 354,504 | 1,001,698 | 35.4% | 47 | 79 | 126 | 2,813 | 163 | 411 | 39 | ap1981 | |
Archdiocese of Antananarivo | ||||||||||||
1990 | 440,256 | 1,903,878 | 23.1% | 51 | 93 | 144 | 3,057 | 245 | 609 | 52 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 652,333 | 2,626,412 | 24.8% | 75 | 253 | 328 | 1,988 | 495 | 1,426 | 61 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 679,820 | 2,678,941 | 25.4% | 90 | 246 | 336 | 2,023 | 571 | 1,292 | 66 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 693,416 | 2,732,520 | 25.4% | 92 | 158 | 250 | 2,773 | 569 | 1,518 | 66 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 722,977 | 2,746,722 | 26.3% | 102 | 190 | 292 | 2,475 | 456 | 1,393 | 68 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 749,525 | 2,760,931 | 27.1% | 115 | 176 | 291 | 2,575 | 526 | 1,422 | 68 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 761,962 | 2,816,149 | 27.1% | 113 | 164 | 277 | 2,750 | 503 | 1,509 | 68 | ap2005 | |
2006 | 814,114 | 3,005,039 | 27.1% | 119 | 147 | 266 | 3,060 | 404 | 1,667 | 68 | ap2007 | |
2012 | 905,960 | 3,363,000 | 26.9% | 143 | 149 | 292 | 3,102 | 484 | 1,962 | 70 | ap2013 | |
2015 | 1,688,000 | 3,639,000 | 46.4% | 172 | 349 | 521 | 3,239 | 810 | 1,765 | 79 | ap2016 | |
2018 | 1,830,875 | 3,864,120 | 47.4% | 181 | 213 | 394 | 4,646 | 1,065 | 1,715 | 87 | ap2019 | |
2020 | 2,005,500 | 4,232,570 | 47.4% | 201 | 188 | 389 | 5,155 | 1,212 | 1,664 | 88 | ap2021 | |
2022 | 2,128,000 | 4,490,000 | 47.4% | 226 | 190 | 416 | 5,115 | 1,142 | 2,360 | 89 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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