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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic Archeparchy in Haryana, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Archeparchy
| name = Faridabad
| latin = ܐܪܟܝܕܝܘܩܝܐ ܕܦ݂ܪܝܕܒܕ
| local = फ़रीदाबाद अतिधर्मप्रांत
| image =Faridabad diocese.png
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| caption =

| country = India
| province =
| territory = NCT of Delhi, States of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and parts of Uttar Pradesh,
UTs of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, and Chandigarh.
| metropolitan =
| coordinates = {{coord|28.64311700|77.18924530|format=dms|region:IN-DL_source:wikidata|display=inline,title}}

| area_km2 = 950,000
| population =
| population_as_of = 2019
| catholics = 164,934
| catholics_percent =
| parishes = 44 missions
| churches = 
| congregations = 
| schools = 
| members = 

| denomination = [[Catholic Church]]
| sui_iuris_church = [[Syro-Malabar Church]]
| rite = [[East Syriac Rite]]
| established = {{start date|2012|03|06}}
| cathedral = Kristuraja Cathedral, [[Faridabad]]
| cocathedral =
| patron = [[Thomas the Apostle]]
| priests = 118

| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} 
| major_archbishop = Mar [[Raphael Thattil]]
| metro_archbishop = Mar [[Kuriakose Bharanikulangara]]
| bishop_title =
| bishop =
| coadjutor =
| auxiliary_bishops = Mar Jose Puthenveettil
| suffragans = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bijnor| Eparchy of Bijnor]]<br />[[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur| Eparchy of Gorakhpur]]
| vicar_general =
| emeritus_bishops =

| map =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =

| website = {{URL|http://faridabaddiocese.in/}}
| footnotes =
|coat=|flag=|headquarters=|dissolved=|language=}}
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.<ref name="bulletin">{{cite web|url=http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/28872.php?index=28872&po_date=06.03.2012&lang=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421182143/http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/28872.php?index=28872&po_date=06.03.2012&lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-21|title=Erezione dell'Eparchia di Faridabad dei Siro-Malabaresi (India) e Nomina del Primo Eparca|publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]]|date=2012-03-06|access-date=2012-03-09|language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2968283.ece|title=New Syro-Malabar diocese to be based in Faridabad|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2012-03-07|accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> Its first and current eparch is Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, with the personal title of [[archbishop]].<ref name="bulletin"/> The eparch resides in Faridabad, where the [[Kristuraja Cathedral]] (''Christ the King Cathedral'') is located.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religiousindia.org/church-in-india/a-new-syro-malabar-eparchy-in-the-region-of-delhi|title=A new Syro- Malabar Eparchy in the region of Delhi|publisher=Conference of Religious India Bulletin|date=2012-03-07|accessdate=2012-03-09|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213111715/http://www.religiousindia.org/church-in-india/a-new-syro-malabar-eparchy-in-the-region-of-delhi|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The eparchy has a size of 950,000 km<sup>2</sup>, 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smcim.org/files/portal/files/file_9.pdf|title=Announcement of His Beatitude Mar George Cardinal Alencherry Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church|publisher=The Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Curia|date=2012-03-06|accessdate=2012-03-10}}</ref>

== Ordinaries ==
'''Bishop's and Archbishop's'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sl.no
! style="background: #efefef;" | Ordinary
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Designation
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Year of appointment
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Last year of service
|-
| 1
| [[Kuriakose Bharanikulangara]]
| align="center" | Bishop
| align="center" | 2012
| align="center" | 2025
|-
| 1
| [[Kuriakose Bharanikulangara]]
| align="center" | Archbishop
| align="center" | 2025
| align="center" | ''present''
|}

'''Auxiliary bishop'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sl.no
! style="background: #efefef;" | Ordinary
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Designation
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Year of appointment
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Last year of service
|-
| 1
| [[Jose Puthenveettil]]
| align="center" | Auxiliary bishop
| align="center" |2019
| align="center" | ''present''
|}

== Suffragans ==
* [[Eparchy of Bijnor]]
* [[Eparchy of Gorakhpur]]

==Causes for canonisation==
* Servant of God [[Fidelis Thaliath|Sr. Fidelis Thaliath]], [[Sisters of the Destitute|S.D.]]<ref name="Sister Fidelis is Servant of God">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-15 |title=Sister Fidelis is Servant of God |trans-title=സിസ്റ്റര്‍ ഫിദേലിസ് തളിയത്ത് ഇനി ദൈവദാസി |url=https://sundayshalom.com/archives/61717 |access-date=2021-07-16 |website=sundayshalom |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dfasm.html Eparchy of Faridabad on ''Catholic Hierarchy'']
*[http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/parish.php?id=10996 Kristuraja Cathedral]

{{Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Hierarchy}}
{{Authority control}}

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