Goan Catholics (Goan Konkani: Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians adhering to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India. They are Konkani people and speak the Konkani language.
Missionary activities followed soon after the Portuguese conquest of Goa as Pope Nicholas V had enacted the Papal bull of Romanus Pontifex in AD 1455, according to which the patronage for propagation of the Christian faith in the East Indies was granted to the Portuguese crown.
Their culture is an amalgam of Konkani and Portuguese cultures, with the latter having a more dominant role because Goa, Daman and Diu had been ruled by Portugal from AD 1510–1961.[13] The notion of Goan identity as a distinct culture among other Luso-Asians or Luso-Indian cultures was forged into India after the annexation of Goa and Damaon in 1961.
The Goan Catholic diaspora is concentrated in the Persian Gulf countries; the Lusophone world, especially Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, and Zanzibar; the European Union countries; and the Anglophone world, especially the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.[14]
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GoanCatholics (Goan Konkani: Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians adhering to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church...
dialects of Konkani spoken by the Goans include Bardezkari, Saxtti, Pednekari and Antruz. The Konkani spoken by the Catholics is notably different from those...
Portuguese Catholics were not universal and there were also "good examples" in which some Portuguese Catholics offered medical care to the GoanCatholics who...
GoanCatholic names and surnames encompass the different types of names and surnames used by the GoanCatholics of Goa. Konkani language variants of most...
Portuguese cuisine. Due to over 450 years of Portuguese rule, the cuisine of GoanCatholics is dominated by ingredients and techniques of Portuguese cuisine like...
century, there was continual migration of GoanCatholics southwards, so that by 1650, a considerable number of Catholics were settled around Mangalore, Moolki...
prawns, tiger prawns, lobster, squid, and mussels. The cuisine of GoanCatholics is heavily influenced by Portuguese cuisine. The use of vinegar, for...
The architecture of GoanCatholics has strong Portuguese and native Goan influences. It developed over the Portuguese India era (1500s–1961). Many of the...
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The Christian population of Goa is almost entirely GoanCatholics, whose ancestors converted to Christianity during the Portuguese rule in India. Christianisation...
The Culture of GoanCatholics is a blend of Portuguese and Konkani cultures, with the former having a more dominant role because the Portuguese ruled Goa...
spoken by the majority of Goan Hindus have a very limited Portuguese influence. On the other hand, dialects spoken by the Catholics from Goa (as well as the...
were then granted full Portuguese citizenship. Almost all present-day GoanCatholics are descendants of these native converts; they constitute the largest...
ruled by the Portuguese for 450 years and has a large percentage of GoanCatholics, chouriço is made from pork that is marinated in a mixture of vinegar...
population of 365,291 (80.33%). Since the 20th century, the percentage of GoanCatholics has been facing continual decline caused by a combination of permanent...
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district. Presently, Portuguese surnames are also observed in GoanCatholics and East Indian Catholics and some other Christians in India. Portuguese surnames...
1583. Five Jesuit priests along with one Portuguese civilian and 14 GoanCatholics were killed in the incident. The local Portuguese garrison retaliated...
GoanCatholic literature is diverse. The indigenous population of the erstwhile overseas Portuguese colony of Goa underwent a large scale conversion to...
History of GoanCatholics recounts the history of the GoanCatholic community of the Indian state of Goa from their conversion to Christianity to date...
majority of native Goans were Catholic, because Portugal had ruled Goa since 1510. This bitterness was compounded by GoanCatholics being, on average,...
Muslims and Konkani Muslims from Maharashtra (settled in Kokan Town), GoanCatholics and Anglo-Indians. Most Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India after independence...
village in Kerala, and Jimi Gazhdhar's lavish mansion on the banks of the Goan river, to name a few. Da Cunha's projects mostly portray the use of natural...
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India (1954)
Portugal
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Pakistan (1954)
Persian Gulf countries
Canada (1999)