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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Ahmedabad <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Ahmedabadensis<br />
|local = अहमदाबाद के सूबा ''<small>Hindi</small>''<br />અમદાવાદ ડાયોસિઝ ''<small>Gujarati</small>''<br />
|country = {{flag|India}}<br />
|metropolitan = <br />
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|Gandhinagar]] <br />
|rite = [[Latin Church]]<br />
|cathedral = Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in [[Ahmedabad]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|patron = [[St Francis Xavier]]<br>[[Sacred Heart]]<br />
|established = {{start date and age|5 May 1949}}<br />
|parishes = 45<br />
|area_km2 = 14,791 <br />
|population = 10,274,000<br />
|population_as_of = 2014 <br />
|catholics = 71,800<br />
|catholics_percent= 0.7 <br />
|pope =<br />
{{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --><br />
|bishop = [[Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian]]<br />
|metro_archbishop = [[Thomas Ignatius MacWan]]<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
|website = <br />
}}<br />
The '''Diocese of Ahmedabad''' ({{langx|la| 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 [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|Archdiocese of Gandhinagar]], yet depends on the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]].<br />
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Its cathedral is (Our Lady of) Mount Carmel Cathedral, in the city of [[Ahmedabad]] in [[Gujarat]] state, western India.<br />
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== Statistics ==<br />
{{As of|2014}}, it pastorally served 71,800 Catholics (0.7% of 10,274,000 total) on 14,791&nbsp;km² in 45 parishes and 2 missions with 164 priests (89 diocesan, 90 religious), 455 lay religious (130 brothers, 325 sisters) and 11 seminarians.<br />
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== History ==<br />
* Established in 1934 as Mission ''sui iuris'' of Ahmedabad from the Metropolitan [[Archdiocese of Bombay]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com/DiocesesofIndiaDispFull.aspx?DID=192|title = Apostolic Nunciature, India & Nepal}}</ref><br />
* Elevated on 5 May 1949 as Diocese of Ahmedabad / Ahmedabadensis (Latin adjective)<br />
* Lost territory on 26 February 1977 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rajkot|Diocese of Rajkot]]<br />
* Lost territory on 11 October 2002 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|Archdiocese of Gandhinagar]], which became its Metropolitan.<br />
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== Prelates ==<br />
;Ecclesiastical superior of Ahmedabad<br />
* Fr. Joaquin Vilallonga, [[Society of Jesus|SJ]]<br />
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;Bishops of Ahmedabad <br />
(all native Indians except the first)<br />
* [[Edwin Pinto]], [[Society of Jesus]] (Jesuits, S.J.) (born 1901 in present [[Pakistan]], then also [[British India]]) (5 May 1949 – retired 1973), died 1978<br />
* Charles Gomes, S.J. (1 July 1974 – 21 May 1990), died 2002<br />
* [[Stanislaus Fernandes]], S.J. (21 May 1990 – 11 November 2002), next Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|Gandhinagar]] (India) (11 October 2002 – 12 June 2015), [[Apostolic Administrator]] ''sede plena'' of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda|Diocese of Baroda]] (Gujarat, India) (23 May 2016 – ...)<br />
* Thomas Ignatius MacWan (11 November 2002 – 12 June 2015), next Metropolitan Archbishop of above Gandhinagar (12 June 2015 – ...)<br />
* Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian (29 January 2018 – ...).<br />
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== References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ahme0.htm GCatholic.org, with Google HQ satellite picture - data for all sections] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dahme.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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