Archdiocese of Toliara Archidioecesis Toliarana | |
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Location | |
Country | Madagascar |
Ecclesiastical province | Toliara |
Statistics | |
Area | 43,570 km2 (16,820 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 1,156,800 163,300 (14.1%) |
Parishes | 24 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman rite |
Established | 8 April 1957 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Fulgence Rabeony S.J. |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toliara ( Latin: Toliarana) is one of five Metropolitan archdioceses with an Ecclesiastical province in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
It cathedral archiepiscopal see is in Toliara (formerly Tuléar).
Its Suffragan sees are :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 119,638 Catholics (11.8% of 1,014,000 total) on 43,570 km2 in 23 parishes and 1 mission with 63 priests (26 diocesan, 37 religious), 373 lay religious (68 brothers, 305 sisters) and 18 seminarians.
(all Roman rite)