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Suffragan diocese Ahmedabad, India

Diocese of Ahmedabad

Ahmedabaden(sis)

Latin Church

Latin rite diocese in Gujarat, India, erected on 5 May 1949 from the Archdiocese of Bombay (begun as a mission sui iuris in 1934). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, with the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ahmedabad as its seat.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ahmedabad, in Ahmedabad, India.

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Established
1949
Catholics
71,800
Priests
152
Territory
14,791 km²

Parishes and churches

41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian
Born
10 February 1961
Birthplace
Parampukkarai

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ahmedabad stands in Ahmedabad, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The Diocese of Ahmedabad (Latin: Ahmedabaden(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Indian. Though a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, it depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral, (Our Lady of) Mount Carmel Cathedral, stands in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, western India.