Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar

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Archdiocese of Gandhinagar

Archidioecesis Gandhinagarensis
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical province Gandhinagar
Statistics
Area29,940 km2 (11,560 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2011)
10,300,000
15,500 (0.2%)
Parishes17
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established11 November 2002
CathedralPrem Avatar Isu Mandir in Gandhinagar
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Ignatius MacWan
Bishops emeritus Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.
Map
Map of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar.png
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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.

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