Thomas Ignatius MacWan
Thomas Ignatius MacWan (born October 14, 1952 in Bhavnagar , Gujarat , India ) is Archbishop of Gandhinagar .
Life
Thomas Ignatius Macwan received on 9 April 1988, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On 11 November 2002 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the Bishop of Ahmedabad . The Archbishop of Gandhinagar, Stanislaus Fernandes SJ , donated him episcopal ordination on January 11, 2003 ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Nagpur , Abraham Viruthakulangara , and the Bishop of Baroda , Godfrey de Rozario SJ.
On June 12, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Gandhinagar. The inauguration took place on September 12 of the same year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Gandhinagar (India) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 12, 2015, accessed June 12, 2015 (Italian).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Stanislaus Fernandes SJ |
Archbishop of Gandhinagar since 2015 |
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Stanislaus Fernandes SJ |
Bishop of Ahmedabad 2002–2015 |
Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | MacWan, Thomas Ignatius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian clergyman, Archbishop of Gandhinagar |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bhavnagar , Gujarat , India |