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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)
It is the largest Syriac Christian church and the largest Eastern Catholic church. [ 20 ]Syro-Malabar is a prefix reflecting the church's use of the East Syriac liturgy and origins in Malabar (modern Kerala). The name has been in usage in official Vatican documents since the nineteenth century.
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]
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.
With the establishment of Syro Malabar eparchies of Shamshabad and Hosur in October 2017, the Catholic Church in India includes 174 dioceses, of which 132 are Latin, 31 are Syro-Malabar, and 11 are Syro-Malankara.
William Mackey (Jesuit) Oreste Marengo. Mary of the Passion. Vincent J. McCauley. Agnes McLaren. Marie Louise De Meester. Marshall D. Moran. Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel. Paulus Moritz.
Coordinates: 13°2′1″N80°16′40″E13.03361°N 80.27778°E. San Thome Church, officially known as St Thomas Cathedral Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Thomas, is a minor basilica of the Catholic Church in India, at the Santhome neighbourhood of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu. The present structure dates back to 1523 AD, when it was built by ...
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 ...