Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Gandhinagar / Gandhinagaren(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady Queen of the World

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2002.10.11: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gandhinagar / Gandhinagaren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ahmedabad and with suffragan sees Ahmedabad, Baroda and Rajkot)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.06.12 – ...):

Archbishop Thomas Ignatius Macwan (72)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gandhinagar (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Thomas Ignatius Macwan (72)
(2015.06.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gandhinagar (India)

Called to do good

Born:	1952.10.14 (Bhavnagar, India)
Ordained Priest:	1988.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.01.11

Priest of Ahmedabad (India) (1988.04.09 – 2002.11.11)

Bishop of Ahmedabad (India) (2002.11.11 – 2015.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gandhinagar (India) (2015.06.12 – ...)

Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. (85)
(2002.10.11 – 2015.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gandhinagar (India)

Mary, Mother of God

Born:	1939.10.08 (Ahmadabad, India)
Ordained Priest:	1968.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.08.24

Bishop of Ahmedabad (India) (1990.05.21 – 2002.10.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gandhinagar (India) (2002.10.11 – 2015.06.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Baroda (India) (2016.05.23 – 2022.12.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Premavatar Isu Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarāt

Rajkot (↙), Ajmer (↑), Udaipur (↗), Baroda (↘), Ahmedabad (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 29,942 km²

Population: 18,360 Catholics (0.2% of 11,567,940 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 60 priests (34 diocesan, 26 religious), 148 religious (27 brothers, 121 sisters), 4 seminarians