Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
Gandhinagaren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Gandhinagar, India
The Archdiocese of Gandhinagar is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Gujarat, India, established on 11 November 2002, with three suffragan dioceses in its province. Its seat is the Prem Avatar Isu Mandir cathedral in Gandhinagar.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 2002
- Latin
- Gandhinagaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001463
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 15,500
- Population
- 10,300,000
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 258
- Extent
- 29,940 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Thomas Ignatius Macwan
- Born
- 14 October 1952
- Birthplace
- Bhavnagar
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Prem Avatar Isu Mandir, Gandhinagar stands in Gandhinagar, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Gandhinagar
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AhmedabadAhmedabad
- Diocese of BarodaBaroda
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the city of Gandhinagar in India, the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar (Latin: Gandhinagaren(sis)) is a metropolitan see whose ecclesiastical province contains three suffragan dioceses.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].