Raul Nicolau Gonçalves
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The Most Reverend Raul Nicolau Gonçalves |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Goa and Daman Patriarch of the East Indies |
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| See | Goa and Daman |
| Appointed | January 30, 1978 as bishop. December 12, 2003 as archbishop. |
| Term ended | Retired of January 16, 2004, after completing 75 years |
| Predecessor | José Vieira Alvernaz |
| Successor | Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão |
| Other posts | Patriarch of the East Indies |
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| Ordination | 21 December 1950 |
| Consecration | by Cardinal James Robert Knox |
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| Birth name | Raul Nicolau Gonsalves (or Goncalves) |
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15 June 1927 Goa, Portuguese India |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | India |
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Archbishop Raul Nicolau Gonçalves is an Indian prelate, the first Catholic Goan to be Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies.
He is currently the Archbishop emeritus of Goa. The current Archbishop served the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman as Auxiliary Bishop to Raul Nicolau Gonsalves, for about ten years (1994 to 2004).
Raul Nicolau Gonçalves (or Gonsalves) was born in Bambolim, Tiswadi, and studied at Rachol. and later at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. He was ordained in the diocese of Goa and Daman on 21 December 1950. On 5 January 1967 he was appointed titular bishop of Rapidum, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese, and auxiliary bishop of Goa and Daman.
On January 30, 1978, Pope Paul VI through the papal bull Quoniam Archidioecesi named him Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies (and therefore Primate of the Indies and Archbishop of Cranganore). He retired January 16, 2004, after reaching 75 years of age the compulsory retirement age, in conformity with the Code of Canon Law canon 401 § 1.
He was consecrated by Cardinal James Robert Knox. He also was the principal consecrant of Dom Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão and the co-consecrating bishop was Aleixo das Neves Dias, SFX
He was one of the members of the Commission constituted by then-Archbishop-Patriarch, Dom José Vieira Alvernaz for the establishment of Caritas Goa on 3 January 1962 through Portaria No. 2-62.
He is credited with being the moving spirit, as the then-Apostolic Administrator, for the setting up of the Diocesan Family Service Centre of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in 1975. Gonçalves "felt the need to establish it, during a very critical time where family life was threatenend by the then powers-to-be especially when Emergency was declared and forced sterilization were in vogue as part of controlling the population."
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