Archdiocese of Goa
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis Goy ani Daman Mha-Dhormprant |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Goa and Daman |
| Coordinates | 15°30′08″N 73°54′42″E / 15.50222°N 73.91167°ECoordinates: 15°30′08″N 73°54′42″E / 15.50222°N 73.91167°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,194 km2 (1,619 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 1,763,598 627,400 (35.6%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Catherine of Alexandria in Old Goa |
| Patron saint | St Joseph Vaz |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Filipe Neri Ferrão |
| Suffragan | diocese of Sindhudurg |
| Emeritus Bishops | Raul Nicolau Gonsalves Archbishop Emeritus (1978-2004) |
| Website | |
| http://www.archgoadaman.org | |
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (Latin: Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis, Portuguese: Arquidiocese de Goa e Damão) encompasses the state of Goa, and the Union Territories of Daman in India. The ecclesiastical province of Goa and Daman includes the suffragan dioceses of the Sindhudurg (Dioecesis Sindhudurgiensis) which includes the districts of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Kolhapur in Maharashtra state, except the St. Francis Xavier parish in the city of Kolhapur. The archdiocese of Sindhudurg was created on July 5, 2005, when it was split off from the Diocese of Poona. It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bombay until 25 November 2006, when Pope Benedict XVI transferred it to the newly established metropolitan province of Goa and Damão. The archdiocese is the primatial see of the East, and the archbishop carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies. In Konkani, the local language in Goa, the archdiocese is known as "Goy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant".
It is the oldest diocese in terms of activity in the East Indes, with its origins linked to the arrival of the Portuguese on the Malabar Coast. The metropolitan archbishop of Goa and Daman also uses the title Primate of the Indies or Primate of the East, and honorifically receives the title of Patriarch of the East Indies.
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