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)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady Queen of the World
- Annuario code
- 001001463
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 15,500
- Population
- 10,300,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 258
- Extent
- 29,940 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.