Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
Archdiocese of Goa and Daman | |
Basic data | |
---|---|
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)