Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad

The Syro-Malabar Catholic 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.[1][2] Its first and current eparch is Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, with the personal title of archbishop.[1] The eparch resides in Faridabad, where the Kristuraja Cathedral (Christ the King Cathedral) is located.[3]

Eparchy of Faridabad
Location
Country India
Statistics
Area950,000 km2 (370,000 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics
150,000 (Syro-Malabarese)
Information
DenominationSyro-Malabar Catholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
Established6 March 2012
CathedralKristuraja Cathedral, Faridabad
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopKuriakose Bharanikulangara
Auxiliary BishopsJose Puthenveettil
Vicar GeneralFr. Jose Vettickal
Website
http://faridabaddiocese.in

The eparchy has a size of 950,000 km², spreads over several jurisdictions of Latin rite 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).[4]

Past and present ordinaries
Ordinary Year of appointment Last year of service
Kuriakose Bharanikulangara 2012 present

Sources
  1. "Erezione dell'Eparchia di Faridabad dei Siro-Malabaresi (India) e Nomina del Primo Eparca" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. "New Syro-Malabar diocese to be based in Faridabad". The Hindu. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. "A new Syro- Malabar Eparchy in the region of Delhi". Conference of Religious India Bulletin. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  4. "Announcement of His Beatitude Mar George Cardinal Alencherry Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church" (PDF). The Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Curia. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.