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