Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar (Latin: Gandhinagaren(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Gandhinagar in India.

Archdiocese of Gandhinagar Archidioecesis Gandhinagarensis
Location
Country	India
Territory	Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha
Ecclesiastical province	Gandhinagar
Statistics
Area	29,940 km^2 (11,560 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2011) 10,300,000 15,500 (0.2%)
Parishes	17
Information
Rite	Latin 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.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

History

• 11 November 2002: Established as Metropolitan 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.

The Archdiocese of Gandhinagar is in reality a mission diocese. The Archdiocese initiated steps for the establishment of Archdiocesan Social Work Office under a new Trust ‘Sabarmati Samruddhi Seva Sangh’ to coordinate the community development projects undertaken in the Archdiocese. The Social Work Office was set up in the Parish House of Gandhinagar.

A campus named "Shantivan" houses the Socio-Pastoral Jivan Vikas Kendra, where Archdiocesan programmes are being conducted. The pending works of the Socio-Pastoral Centre and Archbishop’s House have reached the final stage of construction. The Archbishop’s House, ‘Dharmacharya Niwas’ has been constructed on the same "Shantivan" campus.

Leadership

• Archbishops of Gandhinagar (Latin Rite)
  • 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]}