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Roman Catholic missionaries. These include: Jordan Catala. Giovanni de' Marignolli alias John De Marignolli. Roberto de Nobili. St. Francis Xavier (1506–52) Matheus de Castro (1594–1677) Thomas de Castro (d. 1684)
The French or Catalan Dominican missionary Jordanus Catalani was the first Catholic European missionary to arrive in India. He landed in Surat in around 1320. By a separate bull, that reads Venerabili Fratri Jordano , he was appointed the first Bishop of Quilon on 21 August 1329 AD.
13 October 1695. (aged between 84–85 and 87–88) Fort St. George, Chennai. Ephrem de Nevers (between 1607 and 1610 - 13 October 1695) was a native of Nevers, France. He was a Capuchin Franciscan priest and the first Christian missionary in Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. De Nevers founded the first Christian mission in Madras on June 8 ...
Sara Grant, RSCJ (19 December 1922 – 2002) was a British Indologist, Christian missionary, and one of the pioneers of interreligious dialogue in the twentieth century. [1] She came to India in 1956, as a missionary and member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , became actively engaged in interreligious dialogue in India .
The history of Portuguese missionaries in India starts with the neo-apostles who reached Kappad near Kozhikode on 20 May 1498 along with Vasco da Gama, [4] which represented less than 2% of the total population [5] and was the largest Christian church within India. [4]
Holy Cross Church, Kurla. / 19.08333°N 72.88722°E / 19.08333; 72.88722. Holy Cross Church, Kurla is a Roman Catholic Church in Kurla, a suburb of Mumbai, India. It was built during the Portuguese era by the Jesuits in 1588 [ 4] and rebuilt in 1848. It is one of the oldest churches in Mumbai. [ 5] The church belongs to the Archdiocese ...
The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, [a] is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a sui iuris (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Catholic Church , with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO).
Roberto de Nobili (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian priest, a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who worked as a missionary in Southern India. He used novel methods to preach Christianity, adopting many local customs of India which were, in his view, not contrary to Christian principles, and he won papal approval for a policy of ...