Archdiocese of Toliara, Madagascar 🇲🇬 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1957.04.08: Established as Diocese of Tuléar / Tulearen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Fort-Dauphin and became suffragan of Tananarive)
• 1958.12.11: Became suffragan of Fianarantsoa
• 1989.10.28: Renamed as Diocese of Toliara / Toliaran(us) (Latin)
• 2003.11.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toliara / Toliaran(us) (Latin) (with suffragan see Morombe)
• 2003.12.03: Gained suffragan sees Morondava and Tôlagnaro

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.07.22 – ...):	Archbishop Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T. (63)

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé (1972.03.25 – 1974.02.28)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 43,570 km²

Population: 194,000 Catholics (14.3% of 1,359,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 77 priests (39 diocesan, 38 religious), 407 religious (69 brothers, 338 sisters), 19 seminarians