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.

Archdiocese of Gandhinagar Archidioecesis Gandhinagarensis
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Gandhinagar
Statistics
Area	29,940 km2 (11,560 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2011) 10,300,000 15,500 (0.2%)
Parishes	17
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 November 2002
Cathedral	Prem Avatar Isu Mandir in Gandhinagar
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Ignatius MacWan
Bishops emeritus	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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

Sources

• Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
• GCatholic.org ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}