Rite East Syrian Rite Area 950,000 km² Country India | Pope Francis Population - Catholics 120,000 (Syro-Malabarese) Established 6 March 2012 | |
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Denomination Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Vicar General Msgr. Sebastian Vadakumpadan Bishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara Cathedral Kristuraja Cathedral, Faridabad | ||
The Syro-Malabar Catholic 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 120,000 Syro-Malabar Catholics in the area of Delhi. Its first and current eparch is 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 rite 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).