Victor Razafimahatratra
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Roman Catholic Church | |
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Archdiocese | Antananarivo |
See | Antananarivo |
Appointed | 10 April 1976 |
Term ended | 6 October 1993 |
Predecessor | Jérôme Rakotomalala |
Successor | Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (1976-93) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 28 July 1956 |
Consecration | 18 April 1971 by Gilibert Ramanantoanina |
Created cardinal | 24 May 1976 by Pope Paul VI |
Personal details | |
Born | Victor Razafimahatratra 8 September 1921 Ambanitsilena-Ranomasina, Madagascar |
Died | 6 October 1993 Antananarivo, Madagascar | (aged 72)
Buried | Antananarivo Cathedral |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Farafangana (1971-76) President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar (1974-86) Archbishop of Tananarive (1976-1989) |
Victor Razafimahatratra,
cardinalate
in 1976.
Biography
Victor Razafimahatratra was born in
Jesuit schools in Fianarantsoa, and then went to Belgium to study at the Theological Faculty of Brussels and the Catechetical Center "Lumen Gentium"
, also in Brussels.
Razafimahatratra was
profession as a Jesuit on 2 February 1963 and then served as Superior of the Jesuit residence in Ambositra
until 1969. He was Rector of the Major Seminary and Institute of Superior Studies in Fianarantsoa from 1969 to 1971.
On 16 January 1971 Razafimahatratra was appointed
Episcopal Conference of Madagascar in 1974, and was promoted to Archbishop of Tananarive
on 10 April 1976.
Pope Paul created him
October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively. On 28 October 1989 the Archdiocese of Tananarive was renamed as the Archdiocese of Antananarivo
.
The Cardinal died in Antananarivo, at the age of 72.