Archdiocese of Fianarantsoa Archidioecesis Fianarantsoaensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Madagascar |
Ecclesiastical province | Fianarantsoa |
Statistics | |
Area | 29,400 km2 (11,400 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2018) 1,680,240 972,615 (57.9%) |
Parishes | 46 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman rite |
Established | 10 May 1913 |
Cathedral | Cathédrale du Saint-Nom de Jésus |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Fulgence Rabemahafaly |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fianaranintsoa is one of the five Catholic Metropolitan Latin Archdioceses in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Cathédrale du Saint-Nom de Jésus, dedicated to the Name of Jesus, in Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa province.
The present Archbishop is Fulgence Rabemahafaly.