Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605) holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur Sikri; the two men dressed in black are the Jesuit missionaries Rodolfo Acquaviva and Francisco Henriques. Illustration to the Akbarnama, miniature painting by Nar Singh, ca. 1605.
Christianity is a minority religion in Delhi, the National Capital Territory of India. A diocese of the Church of North India is established in Delhi, as well as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi. Other major churches include the Central Baptist Church, St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral Hauz Khas (belonging to the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church), and the head office of the Northern Region of the Indian Pentecostal Church of God (situated in Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi).[citation needed] A Christian Revival Church is also located in New Delhi. The Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad also has presence in Delhi.
Christians in Delhi
Year
Number
Percentage
2001[1]
130,319
0.94
2011[2]
146,093
0.87
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Communities
Bengali Christians
Bettiah Christians
Bombay East Indians
Marathi Christians
Meitei Christians
Mizo Christians
Naga Christians
Punjabi Christians
Saint Thomas Christians
Tamil Christians
Telugu Christians
People
Saint Thomas the Apostle
Saint Alphonsa
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Gonsalo Garcia
Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Saint Mother Teresa
Bl.Devasahayam Pillai
Mar Sabor and Mar Proth
Mar Baselios Eldho
Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar
Thomas of Cana
Ignatius Elias III
Mar Gregorios of Parumala
Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly
Mar Joseph C. Panjikaran
Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan
Mar Geevarghese Dionysius
Abraham Malpan
Giuseppe Maria Bernini
Sadhu Sundar Singh
Palackal Thoma Malpan
Mar Augustine Kandathil
William Carey
Denominations
Saint Thomas Christian denominations
Catholic
Syro-Malabar Catholic, Syro-Malankara Catholic, Latin Catholic
Oriental Orthodox
Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Independent Oriential Orthodox
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Church of the East
Chaldean Syrian
Oriental Protestant Christian
Mar Thoma Syrian, St. Thomas Evangelical
Protestant denominations
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran, Assemblies Jehovah Shammah, Christian Revival Church, Church of North India, Church of South India, Garo Baptist, Indian Brethren, Indian Pentecostal Church of God, Church of God (Full Gospel), North Bank Baptist Christian, Northern Evangelical Lutheran, Methodist Church, Presbyterian, The Pentecostal Mission, Seventh-day Adventist, United Evangelical Lutheran
Organisations
National Council of Churches in India
All India Conference of Indian Christians
All India Catholic Union
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