Archbishop Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona

Coadjutor Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1973		Born
3 Aug 2002	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Antananarivo, Madagascar
19 May 2023	50.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
19 May 2023	50.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dragonara
2 Jul 2023	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dragonara
25 Oct 2025	52.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona
Archbishop Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona
(born 18 Jan 1973)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Fianarantsoa

Event Place
Birth Place Anosy Avaratra, Archdiocese of Tananarive
Ordained Bishop Courtyard, St. Paul College, Morondava, Diocese of Morondava

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D.
Bishop of Morondava
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Désiré Cardinal Tsarahazana
Archbishop of Toamasina
Archbishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona
Archbishop Emeritus of Antananarivo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D. (2010)
Bishop of Morondava
Bishop Donald Joseph Leo Pelletier, M.S. † (2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Morondava
Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † (1988)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. † (1971)
Archbishop of Tananarive
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † (1960)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Titular Bishop of Chytri
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Titular Bishop of Carrhae
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † (1888)
Bishop of Raphoe
Archbishop Michael Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Anosy Avaratra, Archdiocese of Tananarive
Ordained Bishop	Courtyard, St. Paul College, Morondava, Diocese of Morondava

External Link(s):

VIAF: 108164476048225910980
WikiData: Q118496338

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 May 2023
ob: CB, 19 May 2023
c2+: CB, 2 Jul 2023
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 257, Number 21,245
ab: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2025

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