Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
The Archdiocese of Gandhinagar 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.
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
- * Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.