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]