Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad

Location
CountryIndia
TerritoryNCT of Delhi, States of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and parts of Uttar Pradesh, UTs of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, and Chandigarh.
Ecclesiastical provinceErnakulam–Angamaly
MetropolitanMar Raphael Thattil
Coordinates28°38′35″N 77°11′21″E / 28.64311700°N 77.18924530°E / 28.64311700; 77.18924530
Statistics
Area950,000 km2 (370,000 sq mi)
Population
  • (as of 2019)
  • 164,934
Parishes44 missions
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyro-Malabar Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
EstablishedMarch 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
CathedralKristuraja Cathedral, Faridabad
Patron saintThomas the Apostle
Secular priests118
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
Major ArchbishopMar Raphael Thattil
ܡܸܛܪܵܦܘܿܠܝܼܛܵܐ ܘܬܲܪܐ ܕܟܠ ܗܸܢܕܘܿ ܡܵܪܲܢ ܡܵܪܝ ܪܲܦܵܐܹܝܠ ܡܸܛܪܵܦܘܿܠܝܼܛܵܐ
BishopMar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara
Auxiliary BishopsMar Jose Puthenveettil
Vicar GeneralFr.Joseph Odanat
Website
faridabaddiocese.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 North India. Its first and current eparch is Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, with the personal title of archbishop. The eparch resides in Faridabad, where the Kristuraja Cathedral (Christ the King Cathedral) is located.

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, the Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, as well as the Districts of Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad (part of the State of Uttar Pradesh).