Victor Razafimahatratra

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Roman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAntananarivo
SeeAntananarivo
Appointed10 April 1976
Term ended6 October 1993
PredecessorJérôme Rakotomalala
SuccessorArmand Gaétan Razafindratandra
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (1976-93)
Orders
Ordination28 July 1956
Consecration18 April 1971
by Gilibert Ramanantoanina
Created cardinal24 May 1976
by Pope Paul VI
Personal details
Born
Victor Razafimahatratra

8 September 1921
Ambanitsilena-Ranomasina, Madagascar
Died6 October 1993(1993-10-06) (aged 72)
Antananarivo, Madagascar
BuriedAntananarivo 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

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.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
CM
Bishop of Farafangana

1971–1976
Succeeded by
SJ
Preceded by Archbishop of Antananarivo
1976–1993
Succeeded by