Roman Catholic Diocese of Antsirabe

Diocese of Antsirabe

Dioecesis Antsirabensis
Location
Country Madagascar
MetropolitanAntananarivo
Statistics
Area16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,355,000
799,574 (59.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralOur Lady of La Salette Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJean Pascal Andriantsoavina (nominiated 10/07/2023) [1]
Interior of the Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antsirabe (Latin: Antsiraben(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo (one of five in Madagascar; in the national capital), yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the (Marian) Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, in the city of Antsirabe, Antananarivo Province.