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Roman Catholic Diocese of Maintirano
The
Roman Catholic Diocese
of
Maintirano
is a
Latin Catholic
suffragan diocese
in the
ecclesiastical province
of the Metropolitan
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo
,
yet
it remains in the jurisdiction of the
missionary
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.
Its
cathedral
episcopal see
is the Cathédrale
de
l’Assomption, dedicated to the
Assumption of Mary
, in Maintirano,
Mahajanga Province
.
History
. Established on 8
February 2017
, as the
Diocese of Maintirano
, on
canonical territories
split
off from
Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy
, the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahajanga
and the
Diocese of Morondava
.
Episcopal
Ordinaries
;
Suffragan Bishops
of Maintirano
Gustavo Bombin Espino,
Trinitarians
, previously Bishop of co-mother-see
Tsiroanomandidy
.