Goa e Damão (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, Cardinal, Archbishop
Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes, Auxiliary Bishop-Elect

Suffragan Dioceses

Sindhudurg

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
United: 1 May 1928
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: India
Square Kilometers: 4,194 (1,619 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: https://archgoadaman.com/
Mailing Address: Paco Patriarcal, P.O. Box 216, Altinho, Panjim, Goa-403001, India
Telephone: (0832)2223.353; 2225.291

Historical Details

Diocese of Goa
- Latin Name: Goana
- Erected: 31 January 1533
- Country: India
Archdiocese of Goa
- Latin Name: Goana
- Elevated: 4 February 1558
- Metropolitan See
- Country: India

Past and Present Ordinaries

Francisco de Mello † (31 Jan 1533 Appointed - 27 Apr 1536 Died)
João de Albuquerque, O.F.M. † (11 Apr 1537 Appointed - 28 Feb 1553 Died)
Gaspar de Leão Pereira † (4 Feb 1558 Appointed - 1567 Resigned)
Jorge Temudo, O.P. † (13 Jan 1567 Appointed - 29 Apr 1571 Died)
Gaspar de Leão Pereira † (19 Nov 1572 Appointed - 15 Aug 1576 Died)
Henrique de Távora e Brito, O.P. † (29 Jan 1578 Appointed - 17 May 1581 Died)
Vicente de Fonseca, O.P. † (31 Jan 1583 Appointed - 1586 Died)
Mateus de Medina, O. Mil. J. Chr. † (19 Feb 1588 Appointed - 29 Jul 1593 Died)
Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, O.S.A. † (13 Feb 1595 Appointed - 19 Mar 1612 Appointed, Archbishop of Braga)
Cristovão da Sá e Lisboa, O.S.H. † (12 Nov 1612 Appointed - 31 Mar 1622 Died)
Sebastião de São Pedro, O.S.A. † (7 Oct 1624 Appointed - 7 Nov 1629 Died)
Manoel Telles de Brito, O.P. † (10 Feb 1631 Confirmed - 4 Jul 1633 Died)
Francisco dos Martyres, O.F.M. † (3 Dec 1635 Appointed - 25 Nov 1652 Died)
Cristovão da Silveira, O.S.A. † (22 Dec 1670 Appointed - 9 Apr 1673 Died)
António Brandão, O. Cist. † (17 Dec 1674 Appointed - 6 Jul 1678 Died)
Manoel de Sousa e Menezes † (19 Aug 1680 Appointed - 31 Jan 1684 Died)
Alberto de São Gonçalo da Silva, O.S.A. † (18 Mar 1686 Appointed - 10 Apr 1688 Died)
Agostinho da Anunciação, Ord. D.N.J.C. † (6 Mar 1690 Appointed - 6 Jul 1713 Died)
Sebastião de Andrade Peçanha † (16 Dec 1715 Appointed - 25 Jan 1721 Resigned)
Inácio (de Santa Teresa) Torres de Souza, O.E.S.A. † (3 Feb 1721 Appointed - 19 Dec 1740 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faro {Algarve})
Eugénio Trigueiros, O.S.A. † (19 Dec 1740 Confirmed - 19 Apr 1741 Died)
Francisco de Mello, O.F.M. Ref. † (26 Nov 1742 Confirmed - 17 Jan 1750 Resigned)
Antonius Taveira de Neiva Brum † (19 Jan 1750 Confirmed - 11 Dec 1773 Resigned)
Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (20 Dec 1773 Confirmed - 23 Jun 1783 Resigned)
Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. † (18 Jul 1783 Confirmed - 10 Feb 1812 Died)
Manuel Santo Galdino, O.F.M. Disc. † (10 Feb 1812 Succeeded - 15 Jul 1831 Died)
José Maria da Silva Torres, O.S.B. † (19 Jun 1843 Confirmed - 22 Dec 1848 Resigned)
João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. Ref. † (22 Mar 1861 Confirmed - 17 Nov 1874 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Braga)
Aires de Ornelas de Vasconcelos † (17 Nov 1874 Appointed - 28 Nov 1880 Died)
Antonio Sebastião Valente † (4 Aug 1881 Appointed - 25 Jan 1908 Died)
Matheus de Oliveira Xavier † (26 Feb 1909 Appointed - 19 May 1929 Died)
Teotónio Emanuel Ribeiro Vieira de Castro † (25 May 1929 Appointed - 16 May 1940 Died)
José da Costa Nunes † (11 Dec 1940 Appointed - 16 Sep 1953 Resigned)
José Vieira Alvernaz † (16 Sep 1953 Succeeded - 22 Feb 1975 Retired)
Raul Nicolau Gonsalves † (30 Jan 1978 Appointed - 12 Dec 2003 Retired)
Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (12 Dec 2003 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Goa
31 January 1533	Erected	Diocese of Funchal	Diocese of Goa (erected) Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde (erected)
4 February 1558	Territory Lost	Diocese of Goa	Diocese of Cochin (erected) Diocese of Malacca (erected)
Archdiocese of Goa
4 February 1558	Elevated	Diocese of Goa	Archdiocese of Goa
1637	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Goa	Vicariate Apostolic of Idalcan / Deccan / Bijapur (erected)
1 September 1886	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Goa	Diocese of Damão (erected)
Archdiocese of Goa e Damão
1 May 1928	United	Diocese of Damão Archdiocese of Goa	Archdiocese of Goa e Damão
19 September 1953	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Goa e Damão (Belgaum and North Kanara) Diocese of Poona (Dharwad and Bijapur)	Diocese of Belgaum (erected)
19 September 1953	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Goa e Damão (Ratnagiri and Sawntwadi)	Diocese of Poona
1 January 1976	Elevated		Archdiocese of Goa e Damão (No longer a metropolitan)
25 November 2006	Elevated		Archdiocese of Goa e Damão (Became a metropolitan)

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Goa e Damão
1970	259,660	655,700	39.6%	608	124	732	354		189	627	148	ap1971
1980	424,500	1,106,850	38.4%	460	188	648	655		232	764	158	ap1981
1990	385,076	1,852,000	20.8%	404	178	582	661		366	744	160	ap1991
1999	451,220	1,442,913	31.3%	361	247	608	742		450	951	166	ap2000
2000	453,450	1,445,915	31.4%	365	244	609	744		423	955	162	ap2001
2001	458,450	1,446,219	31.7%	370	245	615	745		507	944	163	ap2002
2002	450,130	1,502,057	30.0%	371	248	619	727		450	941	162	ap2003
2003	449,818	1,665,994	27.0%	364	248	612	734		424	888	165	ap2004
2004	454,926	1,685,335	27.0%	382	226	608	748		386	849	165	ap2005
2006	627,400	1,763,598	35.6%	377	253	630	995		436	870	166	ap2007
2013	640,616	1,818,000	35.2%	449	252	701	913		455	965	167	ap2014
2016	657,429	2,121,000	31.0%	389	358	747	880		562	877		ap2017*
2019	682,200	2,200,940	31.0%	372	366	738	924	1	503	1,073	172	ap2020
2021	696,550	2,247,250	31.0%	367	381	748	931	1	514	1,063	172	ap2022