Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis Gõy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant
The Sé Catedral de Santa Catarina in Old Goa
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Goa and Daman
Coordinates	15°30′08″N 73°54′42″E / 15.50222°N 73.91167°E / 15.50222; 73.91167
Statistics
Area	4,194 km2 (1,619 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 1,818,000[1] 640,616 (35.2%)
Parishes	167
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Catherine of Alexandria in Old Goa
Patron saint	St Joseph Vaz
Secular priests	701
Language	Konkani, English, Marathi, Portuguese,[2] Gujarati, Hindi
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Filipe Neri Ferrão
Suffragan	Diocese of Sindhudurg
Auxiliary Bishops	Simião Purificação Fernandes - Bishop Elect
Website
https://archgoadaman.com/

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (Latin: Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis, Goan Konkani: Gõy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant, Portuguese: Arquidiocese de Goa e Damão) encompasses the Goa state and the Damaon territory in the Konkan region, by the west coast of India. The ecclesiastical province of Goa and Damaon includes a suffragan diocese, the Sindhudurg Diocese that comprises the Malvani areas of (central Konkan). The Archbishop of Goa also holds the titles of Primate of the East and Patriarch of the East Indies, also hold the title of the Syrian Catholic Primate of the Archdiocese of Cranganore. The beginnings lie in the Padroado system of Portuguese Goa and Damaon, in the early 1900s the primatial see was transferred back to the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, as the Padroado system of the Indo-Portuguese era was being dismantled.

It is the oldest bishopric of the Latin Rite of worship in terms of activity in the East Indies, with its origins linked to the Portuguese discoveries, and their subsequent arrival at the St Mary's islands and Calicut, on the coast of the Malabar region.

The current Metropolitan Archbishop and Patriarch of the East Indies is Filipe Neri Ferrão.^[3]