Remi Rabenirina
Remi Joseph Rabenirina (born 6 March 1938) is a former Malagasy Anglican archbishop. He was Archbishop of the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean, from 1995 to 2005.
Rabenirina was educated at the University of Madagascar.[1] After a brief career as a school teacher, he was ordained an Anglican priest in 1967. He was parish priest at St James’ Toamasina and then held incumbencies at St Matthew's Antsiranana and St John's Ambohimangakely.[2]
In 1984, he was elected Bishop of Antananarivo, retiring in 2008; and in 1995 Archbishop of the Indian Ocean, resigning in 2005. An author [3] he is Chevalier, Officier et Commandeur de l’Ordre National (Malagasy).
| Anglican Communion titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ephraim Randrianovana |
Bishop of Antananarivo 1984– 2008 |
Succeeded by Samoela Jaona Ranarivelo |
| Preceded by French Kitchener Chang-Him |
Archbishop of the Indian Ocean 1995 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Gerald James Ian Ernest |
References
- Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- Crockford's Clerical Directory (London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X)
- Amongst others he wrote An Open Door: a short history of the beginning of the Anglican Church in Northern Madagascar (1969), Preaching the Cross (1990), Some of the Saints remembered in the Anglican Church Calendar, Madagascar (1998) > British Library website accessed 17:28 GMT 2 December 2010
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