• Source: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar

    • The Archdiocese of Gandhinagar (Latin: Gandhinagaren(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Gandhinagar in India. The archdiocese is a metropolitan see with three suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.


    History


    11 November 2002: Established as the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar from the Diocese of Ahmedabad. Bishop Stanislaus Fernandes, SJ, was named Archbishop. The territory of the new Archdiocese then comprised the districts of Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha.


    Leadership


    Archbishops of Gandhinagar
    Archbishop Thomas Ignatius MacWan (12 June 2015 – present)
    Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. (11 November 2002 – 12 June 2015)


    Suffragan dioceses


    Ahmedabad
    Baroda
    Rajkot


    References




    Sources


    Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
    GCatholic.org [self-published]
    Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]

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