Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Port Victoria or Seychelles, Seychelles, presented by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Alain Harel.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap., until now Guardian Father of the Capuchins in the Seychelles and parish priest of Saint Michel in Anse aux Pins, as bishop of the diocese of Port Victoria or Seychelles.
Msgr. Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap., was born on 3 May 1972, in Ambanja, Madagascar. After studying philosophy at the Saint Paul Apôtre Major Seminary in Antsirabé and theology at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Ambatobe, he was awarded a licentiate in spiritual theology at the Pontifical University Antonianum of Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 15 August 2000.
He has held the following offices: formator and bursar of the Philosophy Scholasticum of the Capuchins in Antsirabé (2000-2002), bursar of the Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception in Antsirabé (2005-2008), parish priest of Sacred Heart of Jesus in La Misère, Seychelles (2008-2022), head of pastoral vocational care in the Seychelles (2009-2019), and from 2023 to date, guardian of the Fraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and parish priest of Saint Michel in Anse aux Pins.
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