Missionary father standing with nine indigenous priests, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

A Catholic missionary father stands in the doorway of a large stone building. Around him, nine indigenous priests stand dressed in their full vestments. The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Pour 'L'Oeuvre des Pretres Malgaches" 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe, Ch. Post. 567-39 Paris" "4. - Les neuf premiers pretres Malgaches ordonnes a Tananarive par S. G. Mgr. de Saune, le 18 Fevrier 1925. De gauche a droite : Ignace Ramarosandratana, Edouard Ranaivo, J.-B. Rakotobe, Philibert Randris, S. G. Mgr. de Saune, J.-B. Ranaivo, Hubert Nicol, Bernard Rabe, Nepomucene Rakoto, Michel Razanakolona. Trois de ces jeunes Pretres sont morts victimes de leur devouement aupres des pestiferes."