Maromby
Location
Official Name Monastera Masina Maria
N° 75
Country Madagascar
City Fianarantsoa
Address Maromby B.P. 1092
Postcode 301
Contact Information
Telephone (261] (34) 02 250 10
Community Email [email protected]
Website www.maromby.org
Superior Dom Edmond Rakotovao, Supérieur ad nutum 2024
Other Information
Juridical Status Major priory
Diocese Archidioecesis Fianarantsoaënsis (Fianarantsoa)
OCSO Region RAFMA
Founded/Restored 1958
Origins
Founded by Mont-des-Cats 1958; raised to the rank of simple priory 23 October 1967; raised to the rank of major priory 29 November 2002
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 Immediate
Mont-des-Cats/ Delegate of Father Immediate : Acey (2010); Mont des Cats
Lay Associates
Masindahy 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 and Sources of Income
Vineyard of 5 hectares, producing mainly Mass wine, as wells as white and red wine and aperitifs.
Guest Facilities
30 single rooms; 3 dormitories with 15 beds each.
