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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Toliara

Madagascar Madagascar

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Morombe, Morondava, Tôlagnaro

History

  • 1957.04.08: Established as Diocese of Tuléar / Tulearen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Fort-Dauphin)
  • 1989.10.28: Renamed as Diocese of Toliara / Toliaran(us) (Latin)
  • 2003.12.03: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toliara / Toliaran(us) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Toliara (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. (63)Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. (63)
(2003.12.03 – ...)

Born:1945.11.21 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1976.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:1990.11.18

Bishop of Toliara (Madagascar) (1990.04.02 – 2003.12.03)

President of Conférence Episcopale de Madagascar (2002 – 2006)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toliara (Madagascar) (2003.12.03 – ...)

Bishops of Toliara (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. (63)Bishop Fulgence Rabeony, S.J. (63) (later Archbishop)
(1990.04.02 – 2003.12.03)

(see above)

Bishops of Tuléar (Roman Rite)

Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé (76)Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé (76)
(1974.02.28 – 1989.05.15)

Born:1932.09.12 (Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:1960.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:1972.10.01

Auxiliary Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar) (1972.03.25 – 1974.02.28)

Titular Bishop of Umbriatico (1972.03.25 – 1974.02.28)

Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar) (1974.02.28 – 1989.05.15)

Bishop of Tamatave (Madagascar) (1989.05.15 – 1990.01.31)

Bishop of Toamasina (Madagascar) (1990.01.31 – 2008.11.24)

Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A.
(1959.04.25 – 1974.02.28)

Born:1911.12.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:1943.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1959.10.25
Died:1991.04.30 († 79)

Bishop of Tuléar (Madagascar) (1959.04.25 – 1974.02.28)

Past Prelates

as of 2009.06.30

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