Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad explained

Jurisdiction:Eparchy
Faridabad
Country:India
Province:Ernakulam–Angamaly
Coordinates:28.6431°N 77.1892°W
Area Km2:950,000
Population As Of:2019
Catholics:164,934
Parishes:44 missions
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Syro-Malabar Church
Rite:East Syriac Rite
Cathedral:Kristuraja Cathedral, Faridabad
Patron:Thomas the Apostle
Priests:118
Major Archbishop:Mar Raphael Thattil
Bishop Title:Bishop
Bishop:Kuriakose Bharanikulangara
Auxiliary Bishops:Jose Puthenveettil
Vicar General:Fr.Joseph Odanat

The Eparchy of Faridabad is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Faridabad, a city in Haryana, India. Erected on 6 March 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI it serves around 150,000 Syro-Malabar Catholics in the area of Delhi.[1] [2] Its first and current eparch is Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, with the personal title of archbishop.[1] The eparch resides in Faridabad, where the Kristuraja Cathedral (Christ the King Cathedral) is located.[3]

The eparchy has a size of 950,000 km2, spreads over several jurisdictions of Latin Church Catholic dioceses and covers the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the States of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir as well as the Districts of Gautambuddhanagar and Ghaziabad (part of the State of Uttar Pradesh).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erezione dell'Eparchia di Faridabad dei Siro-Malabaresi (India) e Nomina del Primo Eparca. https://archive.today/20130421182143/http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/28872.php?index=28872&po_date=06.03.2012&lang=en. dead. 2013-04-21. Holy See Press Office. 2012-03-06. 2012-03-09. Italian.
  2. Web site: New Syro-Malabar diocese to be based in Faridabad. The Hindu. 2012-03-07. 2012-03-12.
  3. Web site: A new Syro- Malabar Eparchy in the region of Delhi. Conference of Religious India Bulletin. 2012-03-07. 2012-03-09. 13 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213111715/http://www.religiousindia.org/church-in-india/a-new-syro-malabar-eparchy-in-the-region-of-delhi. dead.
  4. Web site: Announcement of His Beatitude Mar George Cardinal Alencherry Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church. The Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Curia. 2012-03-06. 2012-03-10.
  5. Web site: 2021-07-15 . Sister Fidelis is Servant of God . സിസ്റ്റര്‍ ഫിദേലിസ് തളിയത്ത് ഇനി ദൈവദാസി . 2021-07-16 . sundayshalom . en-US.