Odon Razanakolona
Catholic archbishop
Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona (born 24 May 1946, in Fianarantsoa) is a Madagascan Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Antananarivo from 2005 to 2023.
Razanakolona was ordained a priest on 28 December 1975, and earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome in 1987, writing on "La loi de la gradualité et le mariage coutumier à Madagascar".
He was named Bishop of Ambanja in November 1998 and continued in the role until his appointment to Antananarivo in December 2005. He received the pallium on 30 June 2006.
He retired on 5 June 2023, when Pope Francis accepted his resignation.
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