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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Antsiranana

Madagascar Madagascar

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Ambanja, Mahajanga, Port-Bergé

History

  • 1896.01.16: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Madagascar / Madagascar Settentrionale (Italiano) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Madagascar)
  • 1913.05.20: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Diégo-Suarez / de Diego Suarez (Latin)
  • 1923.03.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Majunga
  • 1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Diégo-Suarez / de Diego Suarez (Latin)
  • 1958.12.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diégo-Suarez / de Diego Suarez (Latin)
  • 1959.05.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ambatondrazaka
  • 1989.10.28: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antsiranana / Antsirananen(sis) (Latin)
  • 2000.10.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Fenoarivo Atsinanana

Papal Visits


Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1998.11.28 – ...):Archbishop Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado (73)Archbishop Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado (73)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Antsiranana (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado (73)Archbishop Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado (73)
(1998.11.28 – ...)

Born:1938.03.24 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1971.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1988.12.11

Auxiliary Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar) (1988.09.01 – 1993.10.18)

Titular Bishop of Croæ (1988.09.01 – 1996.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antsiranana (Madagascar) (1993.10.18 – 1996.03.29)

Bishop of Mahajanga (Madagascar) (1996.03.29 – 1998.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antsiranana (Madagascar) (1998.11.28 – ...)

Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana (84)Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana (84)
(1989.10.28 – 1998.11.14)

Born:1927.08.03 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1956.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:1964.06.14

Titular Bishop of Abthugni (1964.02.10 – 1967.04.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1964.02.10 – 1967.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1967.04.13 – 1989.10.28)

President of Conférence Episcopale de Madagascar (C.E.M.) (1971 – 1974)

President of Conférence Episcopale de Madagascar (C.E.M.) (1986 – 1992)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antsiranana (Madagascar) (1989.10.28 – 1998.11.14)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Diégo-Suarez (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana (84)Archbishop Albert Joseph Tsiahoana (84)
(1967.04.13 – 1989.10.28)

(see above)

Archbishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp.
(1958.12.11 – 1967.04.13)

Born:1905.04.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:1928.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:1941.10.26
Died:1990.01.20 († 84)

Vicar Apostolic of Majunga (Madagascar) (1941.07.08 – 1947.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Phatanus (1941.07.08 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1947.02.13 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1958.12.11 – 1967.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Gummi in Byzacena (1967.04.13 – 1971.05.24)

Bishops of Diégo-Suarez (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Wolff, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1947.02.13 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Bishop Auguste Julien Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp.
(1914.07.25 – 1946.04)

Born:1873.01.27 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1915.11.21
Died:1948.02.09 († 75)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1914.07.17 – 1914.07.25)

Titular Bishop of Chytri (1914.07.17 – 1948.02.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1914.07.25 – 1946.04)

Bishop François-Xavier Corbet, C.S.Sp.
(1913.05.20 – 1914.07.25)

Born:1836.07.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:1860.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:1898.10.02
Died:1914.07.25 († 78)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Madagascar (Madagascar) (1898.07.05 – 1913.05.20)

Titular Bishop of Obba (1898.07.05 – 1914.07.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) (1913.05.20 – 1914.07.25)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Madagascar (Roman Rite)

Bishop François-Xavier Corbet, C.S.Sp.
(1898.07.05 – 1913.05.20)

(see above)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.01.15

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