160 years ago, Prince Rakoto approved that Catholic missionaries could freely evangelize in Antananarivo. After the death of Queen Ranavalona I on August 16, 1861, who had persecuted Christians, Father Hubert arrived in Imerina on September 23, 1861,
followed by P Louis Jouen, Apostolic Prefect of Madagascar, who met Prince Rakoto (Radama II) on October 13, 1861, where he had proclaimed religious freedom.
A program on the history of the Church in Madagascar, with Fr. Abdon Rafidison, Rector of Theologian- Faliarivo Antananarivo
