Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahmedabad

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Diocese of Ahmedabad

Dioecesis Ahmedabadensis

अहमदाबाद के सूबा Hindi
અમદાવાદ ડાયોસિઝ Gujarati
Location
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Ecclesiastical province Gandhinagar
Statistics
Area14,791 km2 (5,711 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
10,274,000
71,800 (0.7%)
Parishes45
Information
Rite Latin Church
Established5 May 1949;74 years ago (5 May 1949)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ahmedabad
Patron saint St Francis Xavier
Sacred Heart
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian
Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Ignatius MacWan

The Diocese of Ahmedabad (Latin : Ahmedabaden(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Indian. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, yet depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Contents

Its cathedral is (Our Lady of) Mount Carmel Cathedral, in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, western India.

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 71,800 Catholics (0.7% of 10,274,000 total) on 14,791 km² in 45 parishes and 2 missions with 164 priests (89 diocesan, 90 religious), 455 lay religious (130 brothers, 325 sisters) and 11 seminarians.

History

Prelates

Ecclesiastical superior of Ahmedabad
Bishops of Ahmedabad

(all native Indians except the first)

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References

  1. "Apostolic Nunciature, India & Nepal".

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