Diocese of Ambanja

Diocese of Ambanja

Dioecesis Ambaniaƫnsis
Location
Country Madagascar
MetropolitanAntsiranana
Statistics
Area34,083 km2 (13,160 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2006)
  • 1,241,000
  • 109,217 (8.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSaint Joseph Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopDonatien Francis Randriamalala, MS

The Diocese of Ambanja (Latin: Ambaniaƫn[sis]) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Located in the city of Ambanja, it is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antsiranana in Madagascar. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, which was constructed in 1933.