Archdiocese of Antananarivo

Archdiocese of Antananarivo

Archidioecesis Antananarivensis
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country Madagascar
Ecclesiastical provinceAntananarivo
Statistics
Area2,465 sq mi (6,380 km2)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2014)
  • 3,550,000
  • 957,000 (27%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 1841
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
ArchbishopJean De Dieu Raoelison
Auxiliary BishopsJean Pascal Andriantsoavina
Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana
Bishops emeritusOdon Marie Arsène Razanakolona

The Archdiocese of Antananarivo is one of five Latin Church metropolitan archdioceses in Madagascar.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l'Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Andohalo, in the national capital city of Antananarivo.

The archdiocese was, for many years, one of the bases for the spreading of Catholicism in Madagascar and the surrounding British and especially French Indian Ocean territories like Réunion, Comoros and others, which now form an Indian Ocean Episcopal Conference.

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