https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=St._Thomas%27_Church%2C_DiuSt. Thomas' Church, Diu - Revision history2026-08-19T08:56:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Thomas%27_Church,_Diu&diff=405486&oldid=prevAjay Kumar: Creating a new article2023-08-12T09:55:15Z<p>Creating a new article</p>
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{{Infobox church<br />
| name = St. Thomas Church<br />
| fullname = Igreja de São Tomás<br />
| image = Eglise St Thomas.jpg<br />
| caption = St. Thomas Church (now Diu Museum)<br />
| pushpin map = Gujarat <br />
| pushpin mapsize = 220<br />
| map caption = Shown next to Gujarat <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|20.7155743|70.9893092|region:IN|display=inline,title|format=dms}}<br />
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| location = [[Diu, India|Diu Town]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| denomination = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
| previous denomination = <br />
| tradition = <br />
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| status = Museum (since 1992)<br />
| functional status = Inactive<br />
| heritage designation = Grade II<br />
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| architectural type = Church<br />
| style = [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]]<br />
| years built = 1598<br />
| groundbreaking = 16th century<br />
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| tower quantity = 2<br />
| bells = 2<br />
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| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]]<br />
| diocese start = 1533<br />
| province = Province of Diu<br />
| bishop = [[Filipe Neri Ferrão]]<br />
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'''St. Thomas' Church''' or '''Diu Museum''' in [[Diu, India|Diu]], [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|DNDD]], India, is a church building built in the year 1598, under Bishop D. Aleixo Menezes<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Thomas Church Museum|url=https://diu.gov.in/tourist-place/diu-museums/}}</ref> It is one of three surviving church building in the town.<br />
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==Conversion to Museum==<br />
Due to the decline in the Christian population in Diu ever since the [[Annexation of Goa|Invasion of 1961]], the use this church building fell out of use.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linguistic traces of a colonial structure|url=https://www.inst.at/trans/16Nr/03_2/cardoso16.htm}}</ref> It functioned as an Orphanage, Home for the Aged, Police Station before finally becoming a museum in 1992. Though secularized, the building is still owned by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]].<br />
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[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1598]]<br />
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[[Category:Museums in India]]</div>Ajay Kumar