Archeparchy of Faridabad फ़रीदाबाद महाधर्मप्रांत | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | NCT of Delhi, States of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and parts of Uttar Pradesh, UTs of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, and Chandigarh. |
| Coordinates | 28°38′35″N77°11′21″E / 28.64311700°N 77.18924530°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 950,000 km2 (370,000 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 44 missions |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Established | March 6, 2012 |
| Cathedral | Kristuraja Cathedral, Faridabad |
| Patron saint | Thomas the Apostle |
| Secular priests | 118 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Mar Raphael Thattil |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara |
| Suffragans | Eparchy of Bijnor Eparchy of Gorakhpur |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Mar Jose Puthenveettil |
| Website | |
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The Archeparchy of Faridabad is an Archeparchy 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. [1] [2] Its first and current eparch is Mar 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]
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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). [4]
