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Cardinal Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra,
Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagscar), was born
into a large, old-established family which had become
Christian very early on. . He went on to the minor
seminary of Ambohipo and finally, to St Michael's
College directed by the Jesuit Fathers, where he
earned his diploma.
After his ordination to the priesthood on 27 July
1954, Msgr. Sartre sent him to the Catholic Institute
in Paris, to study at the Institute of Pastoral
Catechesis and the Institute of Social Studies,
opposite the chaplaincy for Malagasy students.
He returned to his country in 1956 and became director
of catechetical teaching. . For 10 years he directed
the recently founded National Centre for Catechetical
Formation.
His experience continued to be enriched by his posts
as Rector of Faliarivo minor seminary and Director
of the major seminary of Ambatoroka.
He was appointed Bishop of Mahajanga on 27 April
1978 and was ordained Bishop the following 2 July.
Named Archbishop of Antananarivo on the 3rd February
1994, he was installed on the following 15 May.
Thus he returned to his native Diocese, devoting
himself to serving the people with painstaking care
and hard work. From 1997 until December 2002, he
served as President of the Episcopal Conference
of Madagascar.
Curial membership:
-Evangelization of Peoples (congregation);
-Special Council for Africa of the General Secretariat
of the Synod of Bishops
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