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Diocese of Morombe

*Dioecesis Morombensis*
Diocese of Morombe; Dioecesis Morombensis
Location
Country	Madagascar
Territory	Manja, Beroroha, Morombe, and Ankazoabo districts
Metropolitan	Toliara
Statistics
Area	31,917 km2 (12,323 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2002); 387,263; 31,206 (8.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jean Désiré Razafinirina

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe ( Latin: Moromben(sis)) is a diocese located in the ecclesiastical province of Toliara in Madagascar. The episcopal see is in the city of Morombe.

History

On April 25, 1960, Pope John XXIII established the Diocese of Morombe by partitioning the Diocese of Morondava. The new diocese contained the districts of Manja, Beroroha, Morombe, and Ankazoabo.^[1] Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F., was the first bishop.^[2] As of 2003^[update], the diocese included 200 primary schools, seven secondary schools, and seven missionary hospitals.^[3]

Bishops of Morombe (Roman rite)
- Bishop Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. (28 May 1960 – 4 December 1988)
- Bishop Alwin Albert Hafner, M.S.F. (15 May 1989 – 15 July 2000)
- Bishop Zygmunt Robaszkiewicz, M.S.F. (24 April 2001 – 19 November 2022)
- Bishop Jean Désiré Razafinirina (12 February 2024 – )

^ "Africae gentes" (PDF). Acta Apostolicae Sedis (in Latin). 53 (1): 18–20. 30 January 1961. ISSN 0001-5199.
^ "Un nouvel évêque missionnaire suisse" (PDF). La Liberté (in French). Vol. 90, no. 138. 15 June 1960. p. 3.
^ Knie-Górna, Jadwiga (December 2003). "Jestem, by służyć". Przewodnik Katolicki (in Polish). ISSN 0137-8384.

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