# Catholic Church in Madagascar > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Catholic_Church_in_Madagascar > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Catholic_Church_in_Madagascar.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Madagascar > Source revision: 1318903674 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Part of a series on the Catholic Church by country Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Korea North Korea South Korea Kyrgyzstan Laos Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Middle East Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Cyprus Georgia Abkhazia Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Palestine Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen Europe Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain England and Wales Scotland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine North America Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States Oceania Australia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Catholic Church portal v t e The **Catholic Church in Madagascar** is part of the worldwide [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church), under the spiritual leadership of the [Pope](/source/Pope) in [Rome](/source/Rome). In 2020, just over a quarter of the population of [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) was Catholic.[1][2] There were almost 2,000 priests and over 5,000 nuns working across 478 parishes.[3] There are 22 [dioceses](/source/Diocese) including five [archdioceses](/source/Archdiocese). Below is a list of the archdioceses and dioceses, and the [archbishops](/source/Archbishop) and [bishops](/source/Bishop) of each.[4] [Antsirabe Cathedral](/source/Antsirabe_Cathedral) [Toliara](/source/Toliara) Cathedral - [Antananarivo](/source/Archdiocese_of_Antananarivo) – [Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona](/source/Odon_Marie_Ars%C3%A8ne_Razanakolona) - [Antsirabe](/source/Diocese_of_Antsirabe) – [Philippe Ranaivomanana](/source/Philippe_Ranaivomanana) - [Miarinarivo](/source/Diocese_of_Miarinarivo) – Jean Claude Randrianarisoa - [Tsiroanomandidy](/source/Diocese_of_Tsiroanomandidy) – Gustavo Bombin Espino - [Maintirano](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Maintirano) - Clément Hérizo Rakotoasimbola, M.S - [Antsiranana](/source/Archdiocese_of_Antsiranana) – Michel Malo - [Ambanja](/source/Diocese_of_Ambanja) – Rosario Saro Vella, [S.D.B.](/source/S.D.B.) - [Mahajanga](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Mahajanga) – [Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo](/source/Joseph_Ignace_Randrianasolo) - [Port-Bergé](/source/Diocese_of_Port-Berg%C3%A9) – Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara - [Fianarantsoa](/source/Archdiocese_of_Fianarantsoa) – [Fulgence Rabemahafaly](/source/Fulgence_Rabemahafaly) - [Ambositra](/source/Diocese_of_Ambositra) – [Fidelis Rakotonarivo](/source/Fidelis_Rakotonarivo) - [Farafangana](/source/Diocese_of_Farafangana) – [Benjamin Marc Ramaroson](/source/Benjamin_Marc_Ramaroson) - [Ihosy](/source/Diocese_of_Ihosy) – [Philippe Ranaivomanana](/source/Philippe_Ranaivomanana) - [Mananjary](/source/Diocese_of_Mananjary) – [José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Alfredo_Caires_de_Nobrega) - [Toamasina](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Toamasina) – [Desire Tsarahazana](/source/Desire_Tsarahazana) - [Ambatondrazaka](/source/Diocese_of_Ambatondrazaka) – Antoine Scopelliti - [Fenoarivo Atsinanana](/source/Diocese_of_Fenoarivo_Atsinanana) – Marcellin Randriamamonjy - [Moramanga](/source/Diocese_of_Moramanga) – [Gaetano Di Pierro](/source/Gaetano_Di_Pierro) - [Toliara](/source/Archdiocese_of_Toliara) – Fulgence Rabeony - [Morombe](/source/Diocese_of_Morombe) – Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz - [Morondava](/source/Diocese_of_Morondava) – [Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina](/source/Marie_Fabien_Raharilamboniaina) - [Tôlagnaro](/source/Diocese_of_T%C3%B4lagnaro) – Vincent Rakotozafy Saint [Vincent de Paul](/source/Vincent_de_Paul) is the patron saint of Madagascar. [Caritas Madagascar](/source/Caritas_Madagascar) is the social arm of the Catholic Church in Madagascar, operating all over the country. ## See also - [Catholic Church by country](/source/Catholic_Church_by_country) - [Christianity in Madagascar](/source/Christianity_in_Madagascar) - [List of saints from Africa](/source/List_of_saints_from_Africa) - [Pedro Opeka](/source/Pedro_Opeka) - [Religion in Madagascar](/source/Religion_in_Madagascar) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [World Religions Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08](https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=137c) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Catholic Hierarchy website](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dmg2.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08](https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/madagascar) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Catholic Hierarchy website, Profile of the Catholic Church in Madagascar](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/mg.html) ## External links - Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). ["Madagascar"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Madagascar). *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)*. 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