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List Of Catholic Churches In India
This is a list of Catholic churches in India. Cathedrals See: List of cathedrals in India#Roman Catholic Basilicas See: List of basilicas in India Churches The list of churches in this article contains churches from Catholic denominations. The information below is verifiable. Shrines This section does not include the minor basilicas. * Infant Jesus Church, Bangalore * Our Lady of Ransom Church, Kanyakumari * St. Jude's Shrine, Jhansi * St.Philomena's Forane Church & St. Chavara Pilgrim Centre, Koonammavu, Cochin, Kerala. * Church of Our Lady of Snow, Kallikulam, Tamil Nadu * Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Villianur, Puducherry * Shrine of St. Antony of Padua, Kaloor Ernakulam * St. Antony major Shrine, Uvari Tamilnadu;Uvari * Church of Our Lady of Light - Chennai * Korattymuthy * Shrine of Our Lady of Health, Hyderabad * Dhori Mata Tirthalaya * Sacred Heart Shrine, Idaikattur Chapels * St. Aloysius Chapel - Kodialbail * Chapel of St. Catherine *Chapel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholicism In India
The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope (''Romanus Pontifex''). There are over 20 million Catholics in India,Factfile: Catholics around the world on BBC news. representing around 1.55% of the total population, and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India. There are 10,701 parishes that make up 174 s and eparchies, which are organised into 29 |
Our Lady Of Immaculate Conception Church, Mt
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Our Lady Of Rosary Church, Kallakurichi
Our Lady of Rosary Church is a Roman Catholic, Kallakurichi, situated in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. Our Lady of Rosary Church, Kallakurichi has been recognized as a Parish under Diocese of Pondicherry. History It was developed and built in the 19th century by Society of Foreign Missions of Paris Priests. Rev. Fr. Louee Hedan laid base for the Kallakurichi Parish in 1914. Then the old Church came to its existence in 1936 as a result of the efforts of Rev. Fr. Pere Di Elbreil, MEP Priest. Rev. Fr. PERE DI Elbreil, better known as Elbariel, was a MEP Priest, Philosopher and Philanthropist from France widely acknowledged as a social Reformer during the 1940s. He is still remembered for the schools, Convents, Churches constructed by him in and around Kallakurichi taluk along with S.V.S.Rathinam a Philontherapist. He arrived Pondicherry diocese, 22 May 1935. He had chosen Kallakurichi taluk to start his religious and social service. He constructed more than s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Clara's Church (Assonora)
Church of St. Clara, also known as the St. Clara of Assisi Chapel, is a Roman Catholic church in Assonora, Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ..., India. The church was built in 1768 and the religious order based in the Parish of St. Clare Church at Assonora is the Poor Sisters of Our Lady (PSOL), based at the Infant Jesus of Prague Convent, Auchit Waddo in Assonora. References Colonial Goa Monuments and memorials in Goa Tourist attractions in North Goa district Roman Catholic churches completed in 1768 1768 establishments in the Portuguese Empire Roman Catholic churches in Goa Churches in North Goa district 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India {{India-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igreja De Nossa Senhora Das Neves
The ''Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Neves'' (Church of Our Lady of the Snows) is a historical Catholic church in Rachol village, Salcete sub-district, on the southern banks of the Zuari river, in the South Goa district of Goa state, India. The church was built in the 1560's during the Goa Inquisition. It is situated in close proximity to the renowned Rachol Seminary. There is a church of the same name in the neighbouring village of Raia. History The Colonial Portuguese Baroque style church was originally built with mud walls and a thatched roof, alongside the fort of Rachol. The Captain of the Rachol fortress (in Portuguese ''Capitão desta Fortaleza de Rachol'') Diogo Rodrigues was appointed to carry out the work. It was completed in AD 1565 by destroying the temples at that site, including that of Kamakshi. Idol of Kamakshi, referred to as ''Āī'' (mother in Konkani), was moved to neighbouring village of Shiroda, across the Zuari river. The church was dedicated to ''No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Our Lady Of Springs
The Church of Our Lady of Springs ( pt, Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Brotas) is located in the vicinity of the Fort Anjediva on the Anjadip Island, off the west Coast of India under the administrative control of Goa, India. Initially, in AD 1502, it was built as a small thatched chapel, but later, in AD 1506, was made into a more permanent structure. It was rebuilt in 1682 and subsequently refurbished in AD 1729. An Insignia awarded by Rome as the ‘Mother Church’ is seen in this church. This Church is stated to be the oldest Christian church in India, outside of Kerala and visited by devotees from Karwar, Binaga and other villages of Karnataka and Goa. The ancient church was under the control of the Vicar of the diocese of Karwar, facing the city of Goa. The Church is now under the ownership of the Government of Goa but is administered by the Indian Navy who are in possession of the island to build a strategic naval base. History History of the church is dated to 22 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Bartholomew's Church (Chorão Island)
St Bartholomew's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Chorão, Goa, India. The Parish of St. Bartholomeu is made up of the villages of Caraim and the Passo de Ambarim. Its boundaries are the river of Mapusa to its north and west; on the opposite side of the river the parishes of Aldona and Pomburpa; the parish of Our Lady of Grace Church to the south and the river Naroa with the Parish of Pedade on the Island of Divar to its east. History The Church of St. Bartholomeu was built in the year 1569 by the religious of the Society of Jesus and handed over to the diocesan clergy in 1597. See also * Our Lady of Grace Church (Chorão Island) * Chapel of St. Jerome (Chorão Island) * Capela de Nossa Senhora da Saúde (Chorão Island) * Real Colégio de Educação de Chorão * Chorão Alexandre Magno Abrão (9 April 1970 – 6 March 2013), known professionally as Chorão, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, skateboarder, filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman. Best known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Grace Church (Chorão Island)
Our Lady of Grace Church is a Roman Catholic church in Chorão, Goa, India. It is bounded on its north and west by the Mapusa River, with Salvador do Mundo remaining exactly opposite to it. To the south is the river Mandovi with Ribandar opposite to it and to its east is the St Bartholomew's Church. History The Our Lady of Grace Church was built by Jesuits in 1551. The Church has 3 altars dedicated to Our Lady of Grace (Main Altar), Bom Jesus and Saint Roque. The first diocesan priest to be confirmed as Vicar of Our Lady of Grace Church was Fr. Bernard Coutinho (1598-1648) and retained this position for 50 years. He died on 14 December 1648. There is still epitaph of Grave of Fr. Bernard Coutinho in the Church. Feast The Feast of Our Lady of Grace Church is celebrated on the third Sunday of may every year. During Portuguese times the affluence of the people of Chorão Island attracted merchants even from foreign lands who came with their merchandise luxury goods, the feast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception Church, Goa
The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church ( pt, Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição) is located in Panjim, Goa, India. The Church conducts Mass every day in English, Konkani, and Portuguese. The colonial Portuguese Baroque style church was first built in 1541 as a chapel on a hill side overlooking the city of Panjim. It was eventually replaced by a larger church in the 1600s as part of Portuguese Goa's religious expansion. This church houses the ancient bell that was removed from the Augustinian ruins of the Church of Our Lady of Grace ( pt, Nossa Senhora da Graça) in the once famed city of Old Goa. This bell is considered to be the second largest of its kind in Goa, surpassed only by the Golden Bell which resides in the Sé Cathedral in Old Goa. History A chapel was first built in Panaji in 1541, to serve the religious needs of Portuguese sailors at their first port of call in colonial Portuguese India. At that time the settlement was a small fishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church And Convent Of St
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Church Of Our Lady Of The Rosary (Goa)
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Catholic church built between 1544 and 1547, in Old Goa, State of Goa, India. This church is part of the collection belonging to the World Heritage Site of churches and convents of Goa. History According to the Portuguese historian Gaspar Correia, the Portuguese nobleman Afonso de Albuquerque ordered a small chapel to be built in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary on the spot where he was standing, when he had received the confirmation that his soldiers had completed the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510. The master-builder Antão Nogueira de Brito then designed a small chapel on the place, which was a hill called the (Holy Mountain) by the Portuguese. left, The main portal Over 30 years later, many Goan Catholics were living in Monte Santo and the Portuguese rulers recognized that the settlement needed a separate parish with its own church. However, there is little information about the construction of the church building, except that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St
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