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===Portuguese Bandra=== | ===Portuguese Bandra=== | ||
In 1534, [[Diego da Silveira]] a pirate from the Mediterranean, entered Bandra's creek and burned the fishing town he found there. | In 1534, [[Diego da Silveira]] a pirate from the Mediterranean, entered Bandra's creek and burned the fishing town he found there. With that, Bandra came under the rule of the [[Portuguese crown]]. | ||
This turmoil was the start of a long period of [[Christianization]] of Bandra. Father [[Manuel Gomes da Costa|Manuel Gomes]], a Catholic priest, was instrumental in increasing the Church's prominence in Bandra. In 1580, he baptized 2,000 fishermen. By the time he died 11 years later, Father Gomes' "invincible strength of soul", as one historian describes it, had helped convert close to 6,000 people in the area. Father Gomes also established [[St. Andrew's Church, Mumbai|St. Andrew's Church]]. | This turmoil was the start of a long period of [[Christianization]] of Bandra. Father [[Manuel Gomes da Costa|Manuel Gomes]], a Catholic priest, was instrumental in increasing the Church's prominence in Bandra. In 1580, he baptized 2,000 fishermen. By the time he died 11 years later, Father Gomes' "invincible strength of soul", as one historian describes it, had helped convert close to 6,000 people in the area. Father Gomes also established [[St. Andrew's Church, Mumbai|St. Andrew's Church]]. | ||