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Archdiocese of Toliara

Archidioecesis Toliarana



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Bishop(s)

  • Gustavo Bombín Espino, O.SS.T., Archbishop
  • Fulgence Rabeony, S.J., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Tuléar
8 April 1957ErectedDiocese of Fort-Dauphin (Tulear, with Manombo and Sakaraha; Betioky with Tongobory and Benenitra; Ampanihy with Ejeda and Androka) Diocese of Tuléar (erected)
11 December 1958Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Tuléar (from Tananarive)
Diocese of Toliara
28 October 1989Name ChangedDiocese of Tuléar Diocese of Toliara
Archdiocese of Toliara
3 December 2003ElevatedDiocese of Toliara Archdiocese of Toliara

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Tuléar
197036,000350,00010.3%218201,800426610ap1971
198035,670405,0008.8%219211,698298914ap1981
Diocese of Toliara
199056,000791,1967.1%328311,8065019814ap1991
199986,000722,00011.9%926352,4575020720ap2000
200087,000750,00011.6%925342,5585821619ap2002
200265,000700,0009.3%928371,7567524020ap2003
Archdiocese of Toliara
200377,603795,0009.8%1133441,7636424420ap2004
200479,000795,0009.9%1038481,6455627919ap2005
201094,645912,00010.4%2240621,5266727721ap2011
2014119,6381,014,00011.8%2637631,8996830523ap2015
2017160,1751,097,50014.6%3036662,4265522324ap2018
2020174,3401,235,00014.1%3336692,5266230526ap2021
2022187,0001,312,00014.3%3738752,4936933828ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Tuléar
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 945, to Page 947
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 449, to Page 451
  • Diocese of Toliara
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 82, Page 207
  • Archdiocese of Toliara
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 96, Page 87

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