The Patriarch of the East Indies in the Catholic hierarchy is the title of the Archbishop of Goa and Damao in India; another title of his is that of the Primate of the East. Unlike the patriarchs of Catholic Eastern Rite sui juris Churches, the Patriarch of the East Indies enjoys a purely honorary title and is fully subject to the pope. He has a place within the Latin Rite similar to the Patriarchs of Venice and Lisbon. A hierarchy (in Greek: , it is derived from -hieros, sacred, and -arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element. ... Catholic Patriarchal (non cardinal) coat of arms Primate (from the Latin Primus, first) is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. ... For other senses, see Patriarch (disambiguation). ... The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous particular Churches in full communion with the Pope of Rome. ... The Latin term sui juris means of ones own right. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... Latin Rite, in the singular and accompanied, in English, by the definite article (the Latin Rite), designates the particular Church, within the Catholic Church, which developed in western Europe and northern Africa, when Latin was the language of education and culture, and so also of the liturgy. ... Among the Patriarchates in the West, the Pope, as Bishop of Rome is the only truly independent Patriarch. ... The Patriarch of Lisbon is one of the few western Patriarchs in the Roman Catholic Church, an honorary title without actual authority except for the Patriarch of Rome, as Pope. ...

This title of Patriarch of the East Indies was conferred upon the Archbishop of Goa as part of a settlement between the Holy See and the Portuguese government concerning the link between religious and political aspects of Portuguese colonial expansion. Later, with Portugal's decline as a colonial power, a difficult period resulted that was resolved by a further agreement by which Portugal renounced its rights of patronage (Padroado). In this way the episcopal appointments in actual or former Portuguese colonial territory reverted to the common provisions of ecclesiastical law, and hence to the unhampered decisions of the Holy See. As regards India, this meant that the Holy See was free to make appointments to the episcopate there that took account of the growth of British expansion. Portuguese India (Portuguese: or Estado da Índia) was the aggregate of Portugals colonial holdings in India. ... The British Empire at its zenith in 1919. ...

The later isolation of the territory of Goa as a Portuguese colonial enclave in India prior to the invasion of Indian forces in 1961 accounts for the fact that the Archbishop of Goa is currently immediately subject to the Holy See and for some time has had no suffragan dioceses. In the more distant past the archbishop did have a true metropolitan jurisdiction, with suffragan dioceses. These, however, were progressively stripped away or suppressed, the final suffragen diocese in India was the Diocese of Damão, which was merged with the Archdiocese of Goa on May 1, 1928 to form the present archdiocese. The archdiocese formally lost its status as a metropolitan see on January 1, 1975, when the Dioceses of Macau and Dili were transferred from the province of Goa. On 25 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI elevated it again to Metropolitan-Archdiocese, with suffragan Diocese of Sindhudurg. For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... A bishop is an ordained person who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... In hierarchical Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop (then more precisely called Metropolitan archbishop) of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of an old Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ; born April 16, 1927 as Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany) is the 265th reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. ... The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Sindhudurg (Dioecesis Sindhudurgiensis) in India was created on July 5, 2005, when it was split off from the Diocese of Poona. ...

Ordinaries of the Diocese of Goa

Bishops of Goa

• Francisco de Melo (1533)
• João Afonso de Albuquerque (1538-1553)
  • vacant (1553-1560)

Archbishops of Goa

• Gaspar de Leão Pereira (1560-1567)
• Jorge Temudo, OP (1568-1571)
  • Gaspar de Leão Pereira (1574-1576), restored
• Henrique de Távora e Brito, OP (1578-1581)
• João Vicente da Fonseca, OP (1582-1587)
• Mateus de Medina, OC (1588-1592)
• Aleixo de Menezes, OSA (1595-1609)
• Cristóvão de Sá e Lisboa (1613-1622)
• Sebastião de S. Pedro, OSA (1625-1629)
• Manuel Teles de Brito, OP (1633)
• Francisco dos Mártires, OFM (1636-1652)
  • vacant (1652-1672)
• Cristóvão da Silveira, OSA (1671-1673)
• António Brandão, OC (1675-1678)
• Manuel de Sousa e Menezes (1681-1684)
• Alberto da Silva, OSA (1685-1688)
• Agostinho da Anunciação, OC (1691-1713)
• Sebastião de Andrade Pessanha (1716-1720)
• Inácio de Santa Teresa, OSA (1721-1740)
• Eugénio de Trigueiros, OSA (1740-1741)
• Lourenço de Santa Maria e Melo, OFM (1741-1750)
• António Taveira da Neiva Brum e Silveira, OSJ (1750-1773)
• Francisco da Assunção e Brito, OSA (1774-1783)
• Manuel de Santa Catarina, OCD (1784-1812)
• Manuel de S. Galdino, OFM Rif. (1812-1831)
• José Maria da Silva Torres (1844-1849)
• João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (1862-1874)
• Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1875-1879)
• António Sebastião Valente (1882-1886)

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Patriarchs of the East Indies

• Antonio Sebastião Valente (1886-1908)
• Matheus de Oliveira Xavier (1909-1929)
• Teotonio Emanuele Ribeira Vieira de Castro (1929-1940)
• José da Costa Nunes (1940-1953)
• José Vieira Alvernaz (1953-1975)
• Raul Nicolau Gonçalves (1978-2004)
• Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (2004-Present)

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Sources

• Benigni, U. (1886). Patriarchate of the East Indies. Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2006-03-13.
• Archdiocese of Goa and Daman and Patriarchs of the East Indies. Giga-Catholic Information (2006). Retrieved on 2006-06-25.
• About the Archdiocese. Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (2004). Retrieved on 2006-03-13.
• Former Bishops and Archbishops. Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (2004). Retrieved on 2006-03-13.

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External links

• Goan and Mangalorean Catholic Discussion Group
• Goan and Mangalorean Konkani Catholics Blog
• Goa Blog