Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
| Archdiocese of Goa and Daman | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | Patriarch Filipe do Rosário Ferrão |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Raul Nicolau Gonsalves |
| Vicar General | Jose Remedios Fernandes |
| surface | 4,194 km² |
| Parishes | 166 (2006) |
| Residents | 1,763,598 (2006) |
| Catholics | 627,400 (2006) |
| proportion of | 35.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 377 (2006) |
| Religious priest | 253 (2006) |
| Catholics per priest | 996 |
| Friars | 436 (2006) |
| Religious sisters | 870 (2006) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Konkani English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria |
| address | Paco Patriarcal P.O. Box 216 Altinho, Panaji Goa-403001 India |
| Website | official website |
| Suffragan dioceses | Sindhudurg diocese |
The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman ( Latin Archidioecesis Goana et Damanensis , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Goa e Damão ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India . It was directly subordinate to the Holy See until it was established as an ecclesiastical province on November 25, 2006 .
history
On January 31, 1533 , the Diocese of Goa , which included the entire territory from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan , was established from the Archdiocese of Funchal and on February 4, 1558 was elevated to an archdiocese and metropolis ; at the same time the archbishopric gave up parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Cochin and Malacca . In 1637 the Apostolic Vicariate Idalcan was outsourced. On September 1, 1886 , the new Diocese of Daman was created from parts of the archdiocese . The Archbishop of Goa was given by Leo XIII. the title of " Patriarch of the East Indies ", a titular patriarch without special jurisdiction , to compensate for the loss of his " Padroado rights" in British India and thus to find a way out of the so-called " Goan Schism ". On May 1, 1928 , both dioceses were reunited to form the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão . Parts of the diocese were ceded to the newly established diocese of Belgaum on September 19, 1953 .
In addition to Goa , the area of the archdiocese also includes Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . On November 25, 2006 , the Archdiocese of Pope Benedict XVI. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Christi Evangelii raised again to the metropolitan bishopric. The only suffragan is the Bishop of Sindhudurg . The patriarchal title was retained and has since been awarded to the incumbent archbishop as an honorary title (ad honorem) . Cathedral Church of the Patriarchate is St. Catherine of Alexandria in Old Goa .
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman on gcatholic.org (English)
- Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (English)
- Of the Archdiocese website (English)