Remi Rabenirina

Remi Joseph Rabenirina was an Anglican archbishop in the last decade of the 20th century and the first one of the 21st.

Born on 6 March 1938, Rabenirina was educated at the University of Madagascar.^[1] After a brief career as a school techer he was ordained 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 1979 he was appointed the Bishop of Antananarivo, resigning 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) .

References

1. ^ Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
2. ^ Crockford's clerical directory (Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0108153674)
3. ^ 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