Diocese of Ahmedabad
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Country
India
IndiaArea14,791 km2 (5,711 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
- (as of 2014)
- 10,274,000
- 71,800 (0.7%)
Diocese of Ahmedabad Dioecesis Ahmedabadensis अहमदाबाद के सूबा Hindi અમદાવાદ ડાયોસિઝ Gujarati | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Gandhinagar |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 14,791 km2 (5,711 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 45 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Church |
| Established | 5 May 1949 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ahmedabad |
| Patron saint | St Francis Xavier Sacred Heart |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| 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.
Its cathedral is (Our Lady of) Mount Carmel Cathedral, in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, western India.
As of 2014[update], 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
- Established in 1934 as Mission sui iuris of Ahmedabad from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay[1]
- Elevated on 5 May 1949 as Diocese of Ahmedabad / Ahmedabadensis (Latin adjective)
- Lost territory on 26 February 1977 to establish the Diocese of Rajkot
- Lost territory on 11 October 2002 to establish the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, which became its Metropolitan.