The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad is a

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of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in

Faridabad Faridabad is the most populous city in the Indian state of Haryana and a part of Delhi National Capital Region. It is one of the major satellite cities around Delhi and is located 284 kilometres south of the state capital Chandigarh. The ri ...

, a city in

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. Erected on 6 March 2012 by

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it serves around 150,000 Syro-Malabar Catholics in the area of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

. 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

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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).

Past and present ordinaries

Causes for canonisation

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

References

External links

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Eparchy of Faridabad on ''Catholic Hierarchy''Kristuraja Cathedral
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