AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH 3026 KENNEDY BLVD. JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306 AUGUST 14, 2005 At 2:00 PM
Celebrated by Hon. Bishop Thomas Macwan Ahmedabad diocese, Gujarat, India
Two Years Old With Mother and Younger Brother Hon. Bishop Thomas Macwan First Holy Communion As A College Student As A Bank Employee Seminary Days on Picnic with Friends
Ordination : 04/09/1988 First Holy Mass : 04/10/1988 As a President of Indian Priests Union With Cardinal Lurduswamy, Rome, 1991 With Parents As a Priest
Centenary Celebration of Ahmedabad Diocese in 1993 Fr. Thomas Macwan with Bishop Charles Gomes Ordained as Bishop of Ahmedabad Diocese
Date Age Event Title 14 Oct 1952 52.8 Born Bhavnagar 9 Apr 1988 35.5 Ordained Priest Priest of Ahmedabad, India 11 Nov 2002 50.1 Appointed Bishop of Ahmedabad, India 11 Jan 2003 50.2 Ordained Bishop Bishop of Ahmedabad, India Address: Bishop's House 1, Cantt., Mirzapur Ahmedabad - 380 001 Gujarat. Tel: (079) 256 24 105 (O), 256 24 717 (P) Fax: (079) 256 31 942 Mobile: (079) 31 00 49 57 E-mail: thomas_macwan@yahoo.co.in Patron: Sacred Heart of Jesus & St Francis Xavier Area: 15,901 sq. km. Population: 9,688,444 Catholics: 63,962 Diocesan Foundation: 1934 Statistics Diocesan Priests: 76 Jesuit Priests & Brothers: 94 SFX Priests & Brothers: 01 SDB Priests & Brothers: 10 Franciscan Brothers: 04 Jesuit Scholastics: 14 Parishes: 38 Mission Stations: 29 Congregation of Sisters: 26 Convents: 59 Sisters: 332
Formation Houses Major Seminarians: 13 Minor Seminarians: 18 No. of Educational Institutions College: 01 College Hostel for Boys: 02 College Hostel for Girls: 01 Higher Secondary School: 06 High Schools: 22 Primary Schools: 48 I.T.I.s: 03 Boarding for Boys: 26 Boarding for Girls: 27 School for mentally challenged: 01 Printing Press: 01 Publishing House: 01 Publications: 04 Social Service Centres: 05 Youth Centre: 01 Vocational training centres: 04 Human Rights Centre: 01 Catholic Information Centre: 01 Audio-Visual Communication Centre: 01 Hospital: 01 Leprosy Hospital: 01 Maternity Home: 01 Dispensaries: 15 Mobile Clinics: 05 Old Age Homes: 02 Orphanage: 03
From Left Bishop Godfrey De Rozario of Baroda, Holy Father Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, Gandhinagar & Bishop Thomas Macwan, Ahmedabad at Vatican ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon. Bishop Thomas Macwan at JFK 07/06/05 With Jagadish Ketan James
Hon. Bishop Thomas Macwan s arrival at JFK on July 06, 2005
FR. Arulsamy. He Is in The United States for the Last three years doing PHD in Family Ministry & Religious Education. He has helped Bishop to organize his mission appeal trip to USA. Fr. Valentino Rebello. He has gone through incardination process and became part of Long Island Diocese. He is currently serving in St. Joseph Church Kings Park, New York.
Fr. Valerian Parera, currently visiting USA and stationed at Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach Fr. Ashok Vaghela, currently studying film production and communication in Los Angeles Fr. Peter Fernandes, currently visiting USA and stationed at St. Dominic s Church Bronx.
Sushila & Joseph B. Parmar (732)382-0065 Clera & Jagadish J. Christian (732)855-0596 *Rodney Christian Francis Macwan Ila & Ketan Christian (908)822-2756 *Christine Christian *Stephanie Christian *Sydney Christian Hemlata & Kalpesh Christian (732)382-5451 *Ashley Christian Kantilal Macwan Nilaxi & James Jakaria (201)325-0156 *Mitchell Jakaria *Rachel Jakaria *Kevin Jakaria Rita & Kirit Jakaria (201)864-7055 *Kimberley Jakaria Martha Parmar Niru & Stephan Macwan (201)798-9522 Mansi & Rajani Macwan (201)798-9522 *Saloni Purvi & Amit Macwan (201)798-9522 *Alayana Regina & Philip Parmar Philomina Parmar Sharda & Deepak Parmar (201)217-9237 *Cecil *Noel Rashmi & Nitin Parmar (201)239-8252 Anita & Shantilal Parmar (973)338-4186 *Jesse Phyliss Saroj & Anil Macwan (732)531-2949 *Daryl *Devin
Fr. Ashok Vaghela / Jagadish Christian Fr. Ashok Vaghela Roosevelt Christi Rajani Macwan Fr. Valentino Rebello Francis Macwan / James Jakaria Amit Macwan Joseph Parmar, Ketan Christian, Ila Christian, Nilaxi Jakaria, Clera Christian, Rita Jakaria, Kalpesh Christian, Sharda Parmar, Anita Parmar, Shantilal Parmar, Philomina Parmar, Hemlata Christian, Nitin Parmar, Rashmi Parmar
GUJARATI MASS Our sincere thanks to Rev. Msgr. Charles G. Stengel for allowing us to use the chapel for this event. The day of assumption of the blessed virgin mary and the 58 th independence day of india. 08/14/05
59 th INDEPENDENCE DAY OF INDIA