Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad

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Eparchy of Faridabad
Location
Country India
Statistics
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Population
- Catholics
120,000 (Syro-Malabarese)
Information
Denomination Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite East Syrian Rite
Established 6 March 2012
Cathedral Kristuraja Cathedral, Faridabad
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara
Vicar General Msgr. Sebastian Vadakumpadan
Website
http://faridabaddiocese.in

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. [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 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).[4]

Past and present ordinaries

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

Sources

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