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Diocese of Port-Bergé

Dioecesis Portus Bergensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, M.E.P., Bishop
  • Armand Toasy, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 18 October 1993
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Antsiranana
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Madagascar
  • Square Kilometers: 23,367 (9,025 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, B.P. 5, Port-Berge 419, Madagascar
  • Telephone: (032)421.46.38

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 October 1993ErectedDiocese of Mahajanga (Port-Bergé, Mandritsara, and Mampikony) Diocese of Port-Bergé (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199913,969460,2483.0%83111,2693223ap2000
20007,739435,8221.8%104145525233ap2001
20019,890460,8122.1%84128245244ap2002
20029,904461,5002.1%84128258304ap2003
20039,841473,0402.1%104147028374ap2004
200410,400518,4512.0%124166508354ap2005
201320,320718,0002.8%108181,12813378ap2014
201621,430826,0432.6%2072779310449ap2017
201924,160895,8602.7%26733732115510ap2020
202126,570985,1202.7%303088545512ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 468, and Page 469

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