Jean-Samuel Raobelina entered the Congregation of
Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette and was ordained a priest on March 21, 1959.
Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Quilmes on April 27, 1978. The
Archbishop of Antananarivo,
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra,
SJ, ordained him bishop on July 9 of the same year; Co-consecrators were
Jean-Guy Rakodondravahatra MS,
Bishop of Ihosy, and Francesco Vòllaro
OSST,
Bishop of Ambatondrazaka. == References ==