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.Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ) 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.Crockford's Clerical Directory (London: Oxford University Press, 1976 )
In 1984, he was elected Bishop of Antananarivo, retiring in 2008; and in 1995 Archbishop of the Indian Ocean, resigning in 2005. An author 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 he is Chevalier, Officier et Commandeur de l’Ordre National (Malagasy).
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