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Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Faridabad

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Faridabad / Faridabaden(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Bijnor, Gorakhpur

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thomas

History

2012.03.06: Established as Diocese of Faridabad / Faridabaden(sis) (Latin)
2020.12: Became suffragan of Ernakulam–Angamaly
2025.08.28: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Faridabad / Faridabaden(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Bijnor and Gorakhpur)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.08.28 – ...):	Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (66)
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.08.30 – ...):	Bishop Jose Puthenveettil (64) Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (66)
(2025.08.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

In fidei communione

Born:	1959.02.01 (Karippassery, India)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.05.26

Priest of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1983.12.18 – 2012.03.06)

Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2012.03.06 – 2025.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishops of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (66)
(2012.03.06 – 2025.08.28)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Kristuraja, Faridabad, Haryāna

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 185,590 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 98 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 107 priests (45 diocesan, 62 religious), 1,154 religious (62 brothers, 1,092 sisters), 52 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.11.23

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