Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Sep 1921		Born
28 Jul 1956	34.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1963	41.4	Solemn Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
16 Jan 1971	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
18 Apr 1971	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
10 Apr 1976	54.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
24 May 1976	54.7	Elevated to Cardinal
24 May 1976	54.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
6 Oct 1993	72.0	Died	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
Victor Razafimahatratra
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra S.J.
(born 8 Sep 1921, died 6 Oct 1993)
Archbishop of Antananarivo

Consistory - 1976: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Ambanitsilena-Ranomasina

a priest for 37.1 years
a bishop for 22.4 years
a cardinal for 17.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana †
Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez
Bishop Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, C.M. †
Bishop of Fort-Dauphin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Jean Claude Randrianarisoa (1991)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ferdinand Botsy, O.F.M. Cap. † (1976)
Bishop Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. † (1977)
Armand Gaétan Cardinal Razafindratandra † (1978)
Bishop Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. † (1978)
Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † (1988)
Bishop Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F. † (1990)
Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. (1990)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. † (1972)
Bishop François Xavier Tabao Manjarimanana, S.J. † (1976)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 291144872
WikiData: Q533519

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 136
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 792

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