Archdiocese of Faridabad
Faridabaden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Syro-Malabar Church · Faridabad, India
The Archeparchy of Faridabad is a Syro-Malabar metropolitan archeparchy based in Faridabad, Haryana, India, erected as an eparchy on 6 March 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI and elevated to archeparchy in 2025 with Bijnor and Gorakhpur as suffragans. It covers Delhi and much of northwest India, with its seat at Kristuraja Cathedral in Faridabad. Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, its first eparch, is the metropolitan archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 6 March 2012
- Latin
- Faridabaden(sis)
- Patron
- Thomas the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001403
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 164,934
- Priests
- 118
- Catholics per priest
- 1,398
- Extent
- 950,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara
- Born
- 1 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Karippassery
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Kristuraja Cathedral, Faridabad stands in Faridabad, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Faridabad
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of BijnorBijnor
- Eparchy of GorakhpurGorakhpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 6 March 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI, the Archeparchy of Faridabad belongs to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and is seated in Faridabad, a city in Haryana, India. It serves around 150,000 Syro-Malabar Catholics in the North India. Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, its first and current eparch, holds the personal title of archbishop and resides in Faridabad, where the Kristuraja Cathedral (Christ the King Cathedral) is located.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.