Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Madagascar

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

1514
Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
1533
Goa (D, detached from Funchal) - India
1558
Cochin (detached from Goa) - India
1558
Malacca (detached from Goa) - Malaysia
1606
São Tomé of Meliapore (detached from Cochin) - India
1612
Moçambique (AA, detached from São Tomé of Meliapore) - (Portuguese East Africa) Mozambique
1712
Islands of the Indian Ocean (AP, detached from Malacca) - Indian Ocean
1783
Moçambique (Prel.) - (Portuguese East Africa) Mozambique
1818
Bourbon (AP, new name, previously Islands of the Indian Ocean) - Reunion, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, etc.
1643
Madagascar (AP, detached from Moçambique AA) - Madagascar
(De facto abandoned 1648, revived 1741)
1783
Madagascar (incorporated in Islands of the Indian Ocean) - Indian Ocean
1818
Cape of Good Hope and Adjacent Territories (AV, and new name, previously Isle-de-France AP, also territories from Moçambique [Prel.]) - Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, etc.
1819
Mauritius (AV, new name, previously Cape of Good Hope and Adjacent Territories AV) - Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, etc.
1829
(Madagascar transferred from Mauritius AV, to Bourbon AV)

1841
Madagascar (AP, detached from Bourbon) - Madagascar
1848
Madagascar (AV) - Madagascar
1848
Sainte-Marie, Nossi-Bé and Mayotte / Lesser Islands (AP, detached from Madagascar AP) - Madagascar
1879
Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores (AP, new name, previously Sainte-Marie, Nossi-Bé and Mayotte) - Madagascar
1896
Southern Madagascar (AV, detached from Madagascar AV) - Madagascar
1896
Northern Madagascar (AV, detached from Madagascar AV) - Madagascar
1898
Central Madagascar (AV, new name, previously Madagascar AV) - Madagascar
1913
Betafó (AP, detached from Central Madagascar AV) - Madagascar
1913
Diégo-Suarez (AV, new name, previously Northern Madagascar) - Madagascar
1913
Fort-Dauphin (AV, new name, previously Southern Madagascar AV) - Madagascar
1913
Fianarantsoa (AV, detached from Central Madagascar) - Madagascar
1913
Tananarive (AV, previously Central Madagascar AV) - Madagascar
1918
Betafó (AV) - Madagascar
1920
Antsirabé (AV, new name, previously Betafó) - Madagascar
1923
Majunga (AV, detached from Diego-Suarez AV) - Madagascar
1932
Islands of Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores (AP, new name, previously Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores) - Madagascar
1933
Miarinarivo (Mission "sui iuris") - Madagascar
1935
Vatomandry (AP, detached from Fianarantsoa AV, and from Tananarive AV) - Madagascar
1938
Ambanja (AP, previously Islands of Mayotte, Nossi-Bé and Comores) - Madagascar
1938
Morondava (AP, detached from Tananarive, from Fianarantsoa, from Antsirabe, and from Majunga) - Madagascar
1939
Miarinarivo (AV) - Madagascar
1939
Tamatave (AV and new name, previously Vatomandry AP) - Madagascar
1949
Tsiromandidy (AP, detached from Miarinarivo) - Madagascar
1951
Ambanja (AV) - Madagascar
1955
Ambanja - Madagascar
1955
Antsirabé - Madagascar
1955
Diégo-Suarez - Madagascar
1955
Fianarantsoa - Madagascar
1955
Fort-Dauphin - Madagascar
1955
Majunga - Madagascar
1955
Miarinarivo - Madagascar
1955
Morondava - Madagascar
1955
Tamatave - Madagascar
1955
Tananarive (Metr.) - Madagascar
1957
Farafangana (detached from Fort-Dauphin) - Madagascar
1957
Tulear (detached from Fort-Dauphin) - Madagascar
1958
Diégo-Suarez (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Tananarive) - Madagascar
1958
Fianarantsoa (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Tananarive) - Madagascar
1958
Tsiromandidy - Madagascar
1959
Ambatondrazaka (detached from Diégo Suarez, and from Tananarive) - Madagascar
1960
Morombé (detached from Morondava) - Madagascar
1967
Ihosy (detached from Farafangana, and from Fort-Dauphin) - Madagascar
1968
Mananjary (detached from Fianarantsoa, and from Tamatave) - Madagascar
1989
Antananarivo (Metr., new name, previously Tananarive) - Madagascar
1989
Antsiranana (Metr., new name, previously Diégo-Suarez) - Madagascar
1989
Mahajanga (new name, previously Majunga) - Madagascar
1989
Tôlagnaro (new name, previously Fort-Dauphin) - Madagascar
1989
Toliara (new name, previously Tuléar) - Madagascar
1993
Toamasina (new name, previously Tamatave) - Madagascar
1993
Port-Bergé (detached from Mahajanga) - Madagascar
1999
Ambositra (detached from Fianarantsoa) - Madagascar
2000
Fenoarivo Atsinanana (detached from Antsiranana) - Madagascar
2003
Toliara (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Fianarantsoa) - Madagascar
2017
Maintirano (detached from Mahajanga, Morondava, and Tsiroanomandidy) - Madagascar 
av Webmaster publisert 08.09.2004, sist endret 09.02.2017 - 02:22