Roman Catholic Diocese of Toamasina
The Archdiocese of Toamasina (Latin: Archidioecesis Toamasinensis ) is a location in Madagascar Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Toamasina.
History
Pius IX. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Vatomandry with the Apostolic Constitution Inter graviores on June 18, 1935 from annexations of the Apostolic Vicariate Fianarantsoa and Antananarivo. On 25 May 1939 she was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate and took the name, Apostolic Vicariate of Tamatave on.
Charged on the diocese, which was the Archdiocese of Tananarive a suffragan, it was with the Bull Dum Tantis on 14 September 1955. On December 11, 1958, was part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Antsiranana. On April 9, 1968, lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the diocese Mananjary. On 31 January 1990, it adopted its present name. In the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums it was raised on February 26, 2010.
Ordinaries
Prefect Apostolic of Vatomandry
- Alain- Sébastien Le Breton SMM (8 October 1935-25. May 1939 )
Vicar Apostolic of Tamatave
- Alain- Sébastien Le Breton SMM (25 May 1939-14. September 1955 )
Bishops of Tamatave
- Alain- Sébastien Le Breton SMM (14 September 1955-15. March 1957)
- Jules -Joseph Puset SMM (14 November 1957-25. March 1972 )
- Jérôme Razafindrazaka (25 March 1972-15. May 1989)
- René Joseph Rakotondrabé (15 May 1989-31. January 1990)
Bishops of Toamasina
- René Joseph Rakotondrabé (31 January 1990-24. November 2008)
- Désiré Tsarahazana (24 November 2008-26. February 2010)
Archbishop of Toamasina
- Désiré Tsarahazana ( since 26 February 2010)