Location
Official nameMonastera Masina Maria
AddressMaromby B.P. 1092, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Postcode301
Contact Information
Telephone(261) (34) 02 250 10
Community emailmaromby@moov.mg
Websitehttps://www.maromby.org
SuperiorDom Edmond Rakotovao, Supérieur ad nutum 2024
Other Information
Juridical statusMajor priory
DioceseArchidioecesis Fianarantsoaënsis (Fianarantsoa)
OriginsRAFMA
History
- 1958, 10 January: Dom Achille Nivesse arrives in Madagascar with 2 monks – Fr. Firmin and Fr. Guillaume – in order to study the possibility of making a foundation. After two months, Dom Achille returns to France, leaving the other two monks behind with the task of preparing buildings to receive a group of founders. A property of 110 hectares with a few existing buildings was bought from the Jesuits.
Father immediateMont-des-Cats/ Delegate of Father Immediate : Acey (2010); Mont des Cats
Lay associatesMasindahy Pakaoma
Past superiors
- Firmin DEBOES — Superior — ?/04/1958 – ?/03/1960
- Jacques ROHART — Superior — ?/03/1960 – ?/ ?/1962
- Alexandre DECABOOTER — Superior — ?/ ?/1962 – 01/06/1963 (v.22)
- Firmin DEBOES — Superior — ?/ ?/1963 – 24/10/1967
- Firmin DEBOES — Titular Prior — 24/10/1967 – 24/10/1972
- Daniel CURELY — Titular Prior — 25/10/1972 – 18/12/1996
- Edmond RAKOTOVAO — Sup. ad nutum — 18/12/1996 – 1998
- Alain FAUVARQUE — Sup. ad nutum —
- Marc-André DI PEA — Titular Piror — 18/06/1999 – 30/11/2002
- Jean-Chrysostome RANDRIAMAHAZOSOA — Titular Prior 30/11/2002 – 27/11/2008
- Timon RAKOTOFANOMEZANA — Sup. ad nutum, 2016 – 2018
- Dom Jean-Chrysostome RANDRIAMAHAZOSOA — Titular Prior — 12/01/2018 – 12/01/2024
Work/incomeVineyard of 5 hectares, producing mainly Mass wine, as wells as white and red wine and aperitifs.
Guest facilities30 single rooms; 3 dormitories with 15 beds each.
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