Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad

Eastern Catholic eparchy in Haryana, India

28°38′35″N 77°11′21″E / 28.64311700°N 77.18924530°E / 28.64311700; 77.18924530StatisticsArea950,000 km² (370,000 sq mi)Population
- Catholics(as of 2019)
164,934Parishes44 missionsInformationDenominationCatholic ChurchSui iuris churchSyro-Malabar ChurchRiteEast Syriac RiteEstablishedMarch 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)CathedralKristuraja Cathedral, FaridabadPatron saintThomas the ApostleSecular priests118Current leadershipPopeFrancisMajor ArchbishopMar Raphael Thattil
ܡܸܛܪܵܦܘܿܠܝܼܛܵܐ ܘܬܲܪܐ ܕܟܠ ܗܸܢܕܘܿ ܡܵܪܲܢ ܡܵܪܝ ܪܲܦܵܐܹܝܠ ܡܸܛܪܵܦܘܿܠܝܼܛܵܐBishopKuriakose BharanikulangaraAuxiliary BishopsJose PuthenveettilVicar GeneralFr.Joseph OdanatWebsitefaridabaddiocese.in

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]

Past and present ordinaries

Ordinary	Year of appointment	Last year of service
Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	2012	present

Causes for canonisation

Servant of God Sr. Fidelis Thaliath, S.D.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Erezione dell'Eparchia di Faridabad dei Siro-Malabaresi (India) e Nomina del Primo Eparca" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ "New Syro-Malabar diocese to be based in Faridabad". The Hindu. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ "A new Syro- Malabar Eparchy in the region of Delhi". Conference of Religious India Bulletin. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ "Announcement of His Beatitude Mar George Cardinal Alencherry Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church" (PDF). The Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Curia. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
^ "Sister Fidelis is Servant of God" [സിസ്റ്റര്‍ ഫിദേലിസ് തളിയത്ത് ഇനി ദൈവദാസി]. sundayshalom. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.