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.
- St.Little Flower Syro-Malabar Mission, PunjabSadikView parish
- St.Mother Teresa Syro-Malabar Mission, PunjabDelhonView 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.