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{{short description|Indian missionary}}
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'''Dom Thomas de Castro''' (c.1621-1684) was a native of [[Divar]] in [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]].<ref>Indian Prelates by Jno Godinho, Bombay 1924</ref> The [[Holy See]] appointed him [[Vicar Apostolic]] of [[Kanara|Canara]] on 30 August 1675.<ref>[http://themangalore.com/historical-places/rosario-cathedral.html Rosario Cathedral, Mangalore]</ref> He later founded the famous [[Milagres Church (Mangalore)|Milagres Church]] in [[Mangalore]], [[South Canara]], [[Karnataka]]. He was the nephew of Dom [[Matheus de Castro]] (c.1594−1677), the first Indian Bishop of The Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical dictionary of Christian missions|author=Gerald H. Anderson|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|year=1999|isbn=0-8028-4680-7 |page=121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&q=Thomas+de+Castro+Goa&pg=PA121 }}</ref>

==Biography==
While in his teens he was taken to [[Rome]] by his uncle Matheus de Castro Bishop of [[Üsküdar#Chrysopolis|Chrysopolis]]. there he joined the congregation of ''Divina Providencia'' or the [[Theatine]] order. It is recorded that in Rome he was appointed professor of Philosophy and Theology and Prefect of the aspirants for various sacerdotal degrees. He was consecrated Bishop of [[Fulsivelem]] by the Vatican in 1671.<ref name=hist>{{cite book |title=A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to AD 1707|author=Stephen Neill|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-521-54885-3 |page=340 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RH4VPgB__GQC&q=Thomas+de+Castro+Goa&pg=PA340 }}</ref>

In 1674, he arrived in India to begin his missionary work. On 30 August 1675, the Holy See appointed him the [[Vicar Apostolic]] for the kingdoms of [[Cochin]], Tamor, [[Madurai]], [[Mysore]], Cranganore, [[Cannanore]] and the Coast of Canara. He also remained the Vicar Apostolic of the [[Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly]] (1675–1689), in present-day [[Varappuzha]] in Kerala.<ref name=hist/>

He was gifted land by the rulers of Canara, on which he built the [[Milagres Church (Mangalore)|Milagres Church]], [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]]. Completed in 1680, this church is a prominent place of worship for [[Mangalorean Catholics]]. Bishop de Castro died in Mangalore on 16 July 1684 at the age of 68 years, his grave in the Milagres Church cemetery can be identified by a bronze slab next to the St. Monica Chapel.

==See also==
* [[History of Mangalorean Catholics]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* ''The Christian impact in South Kanara'', by Kranti K. Farias. Church History Association of India, 1999.
* {{cite book |title=A History Of The Expansion Of Christianity three centuries of advance|author= Kenneth Scott Latourette|date= 29 January 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn= 9780521548854|page=340 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RH4VPgB__GQC&q=Thomas+de+Castro+Goa&pg=PA340 }}

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