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.
Curriculum vitae
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 Inter-diocesan Major Seminary of Ambatobe, he was awarded a licentiate in
spir itual theology at the Pontifical Universi ty Antonianum of Rome.
He was ordained apriest 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.