Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
| Archdiocese of Gandhinagar | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | Thomas Ignatius MacWan |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Stanislaus Fernandes SJ |
| founding | 2002 |
| surface | 29,942 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 10,579,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 15,970 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 262 |
| Friars | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 110 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Premavatar Isu Mandir |
| Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Gandhinagar ( Latin Archidioecesis Gandhinagarensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Gandhinagar .
The Archdiocese of Gandhinagar includes the districts of Banaskantha , Gandhinagar , Mahesana , Patan and Sabarkantha in the state of Gujarat .
history
The Archdiocese of Gandhinagar was established on November 11, 2002 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Dilecta in Indiae from cession of territory of the Diocese of Ahmedabad and transferred to it as a metropolitan diocese .
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
Archbishops of Gandhinagar
- Stanislaus Fernandes SJ , 2002-2015
- Thomas Ignatius MacWan , since 2015
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Dilecta in Indiae , AAS 95 (2003), n.3, p. 164f.