Jean-Paul Randriamanana

Jean -Paul Randriamanana (* June 27, 1950 in Antananarivo; † 9 November 2011) was a Malagasy clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop.

Life

Jean -Paul Randriamanana studied philosophy and theology at the seminary in Ambatoroka and received on 9 September 1979 and was ordained priest incardinated in the Archdiocese of Antananarivo. He was vicar in Mahamasina (1979-1982) and minister in the district of Ambohimiadana (1982-1986) and Rector of the Minor Seminary ( 1986-1998 ). In 1998 he became vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of Antananarivo.

Pope John Paul II appointed him in 1999 as Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Antananarivo. The Archbishop of Antananarivo, Armand Gaétan Cardinal Razafindratandra OFM, gave him on 26 September 1999, the episcopal ordination; Archbishop Adriano Bernardini were co-consecrators, Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, and Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo, Bishop of Mahajanga.

Randriamanana died after a long vascular disease. As a songwriter and poet, he composed over thirty hymns.

He was a supporter of the Force de changement pour la démocratie (FCD ).