Jérôme Rakotomalala
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Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar | |
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| Died | 1 November 1975 (aged 61) Antananarivo, Madagascar |
| Motto | Opus fac evangelistae |
| Styles of Jérôme Rakotomalala | ||
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Reference style His Eminence | | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence | |
| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Tananarive | |
Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala (15 July 1914 – 1 November 1975) was a
cardinalate
in 1969.
Biography
Jérôme Rakotomalala was born in
priesthood on 31 July 1943 and then did pastoral work in Tananarive until 1946. He served as a professor at the Ambotaraka seminary, director of Saint Peter Canisius School, and vicar general
of Tananarive from 1946 to 1960.
On 4 April 1960 Rakotomalala was appointed
CIM and Fulton J. Sheen serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. Rakotomalala later attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and sat on the council's Central Preparatory Commission
.
cardinal to hail from Madagascar
as well.
The Cardinal died in Tananarive, at the age of 62. He is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Tananarive, now called Antananarivo.
