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The Patriarch of the East Indies in the Catholic hierarchy is the title of the Archbishop of Goa and Damão in India; another title of his is that of the Primate of the East. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". @@@ main@@@ - title Hierarchy@@@ keywords structure; sociology; information@@@ review@@@ - India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Primate (from the Latin Primus, "first" is a title or rank bestowed on some Bishops in certain Christian churches Unlike the patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches sui juris, the Patriarch of the East Indies enjoys a purely honorary title and is fully subject to the pope. Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a Pater familias over an extended family This article refers to Eastern Churches in full communion with the Holy See Sui iuris, commonly also spelled sui juris, is a Latin phrase that literally means “of one’s own right” History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and He has a place within the Latin Rite similar to the Patriarchs of Venice and Lisbon. The Latin Rite is one of the 23 Sui iuris Particular Churches within the Catholic Church. The Patriarch of Venice is one of the few Patriarchs in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. The Patriarch of Lisbon (Latin Patriarch Ulixbonensis sive Lisbonensis) is an honorary title possessed by the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lisbon.

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. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa or Estado da Índia) was the aggregate of Portugal 's colonial holdings in India. 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). The Padroado was a treaty between the Vatican and the kingdoms of Portugal and Spain 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. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British

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 for a number of decades was immediately subject to the Holy See and had no suffragan dioceses. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A suffragan bishop is a Bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan bishop or Diocesan bishop. In the more distant past the archbishop did have a true metropolitan jurisdiction, with suffragan dioceses. In Hierarchical Christian churches the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the Diocesan bishop or 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. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau was established on January 23, 1576 by the edict of Pope Gregory XIII. On 25 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI elevated it again to a metropolitan archdiocese, with the Diocese of Sindhudurg as its suffragan. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger

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Ordinaries of the Diocese of Goa

Bishops of Goa

Archbishops of Goa

Patriarchs of the East Indies

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