Metropolitan see Faridabad, India
Archdiocese of Faridabad
Faridabaden(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
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.
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- Established
- 2012
- Catholics
- 164,934
- Priests
- 118
- Territory
- 950,000 km²
Parishes and churches
62 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Kristuraja Cathedral ChurchFaridabad · CathedralView parish
- Amalolbhava Matha ChurchMahipalpurView parish
- Assumption Forane ChurchMayur Vihar Phase IIIView parish
- Bernala, PunjabSt Joseph Mission StationView parish
- Bhatinda, St.Thomas Syro-Malabar MissionDeonView parish
- Bl. Kunjachan ChurchLaxmi NagarView parish
- ChandigarhMohaliView parish
- Chandpur, Church of NativitySanjoepuramView parish
- CMI BhavanPatialaView parish
- Divine Mercy Syro-Malabar Mission Station, PunjabManewalaView parish
- HaryanaSonipatView parish
- Holy Family ChurchPusp Vihar-Neb SaraiView parish
- Infant Jesus Forane ChurchPalamView parish
- Jammu-KashmirLe-LedakhView parish
- Little Flower ChurchLado SaraiView parish
- Lourdes Matha Syro-Malabar Mission Station, PunjabHastiwalaView parish
- Mallanwala, PunjabInfant Jesus Mission StationView parish
- Maria Bhavan Syro-Malabar Mission StationBhikkiView parish
- Mary Matha ChurchMayur Vihar Phase II&I.P.Exnt.View parish
- Mary Matha Church, PunjabLudhianaView parish
- Mother Teresa ChurchSouth ExtensionView parish
- Muduki, PunjabSt. Joseph's Mission StationView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima Forane ChurchJasola (Okhla)View parish
- Our Lady of LourdesGurgaonView parish
- Panniwala, PunjabSt. Mary's Mission StationView parish
- Prabhu Yesu Masih Prarthana Bhavan, PunjabKhubanView parish
- PunjabZiraView parish
- Sacred Heart Forane ChurchGurgaonView parish
- Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Mission Station, PunjabGangasar Jaitu/ Ware Bhai KeView parish
- Secred Heart ChurchNajafgarhView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara
- Born
- 1 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Karippassery
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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.
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.