Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad

The 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 150,000 Syro-Malabar Catholics in the area of Delhi. Its first and current eparch is Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, with the personal title of archbishop. The eparch resides in Faridabad, where the Kristuraja Cathedral (Christ the King Cathedral) is located.

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, Jammu-Kashmir as well as the Districts of Gautambuddhanagar and Ghaziabad (part of the State of Uttar Pradesh).

Causes for canonisation

 * Servant of God Sr. Fidelis Thaliath, S.D.