Diocese of Ahmedabad
| Diocese of Ahmedabad | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Gandhinagar |
| Diocesan bishop | Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 14,791 km² |
| Parishes | 45 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 10,143,092 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 70,269 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 0.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 74 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 90 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 428 |
| Friars | 130 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 325 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Mount Carmel Cathedral |
The Diocese of Ahmedabad ( lat. : Dioecesis Ahmedabadensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ahmedabad .
history
The Diocese of Ahmedabad was established in 1934 as a Mission sui juris Ahmedabad from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Bombay and subordinated to this as a suffragan . It was on May 5, 1949 by Pope Pius XII. raised with the Apostolic Constitution Bombayensis Archidioecesis . On February 26, 1977, the Ahmedabad diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Rajkot diocese . A further assignment of territory took place on November 11, 2002 to establish the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar . On November 11, 2002, the diocese of Ahmedabad was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar as a suffragan.
territory
The diocese of Ahmedabad includes the districts of Ahmedabad , Anand and Kheda in the state of Gujarat .
Bishops of Ahmedabad
- Edwin Pinto SJ , 1949-1973
- Charles Gomes SJ, 1974-1990
- Stanislaus Fernandes SJ, 1990–2002, then Archbishop of Gandhinagar
- Thomas Ignatius MacWan , 2002–2015, then Archbishop of Gandhinagar
- Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian , since 2018