Archeparchy of Faridabad


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. Its first and current eparch is Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, with the personal title of archbishop. The eparch resides in Faridabad, where the Kristuraja 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, the Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, as well as the Districts of Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad.

Ordinaries

Bishop's and Archbishop's
Sl.noOrdinaryDesignationYear of appointmentLast year of service
1Kuriakose BharanikulangaraBishop20122025
1Kuriakose BharanikulangaraArchbishop2025present

Auxiliary bishop
Sl.noOrdinaryDesignationYear of appointmentLast year of service
1Jose PuthenveettilAuxiliary bishop2019present

Suffragans

Causes for canonisation