Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Borivali
Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Borivali | |
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19°14′40″N 72°51′11″E / 19.24444°N 72.85306°E | |
Location | Borivali, Mumbai |
Country | India |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | Official Website |
History | |
Former name(s) | Nossa Senhora da Piedade |
Status | Parish Church |
Founded | 1547 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Archdiosese of Bombay |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Oswald Cardinal Gracias |
Priest in charge | Fr. Harry Vaz |
Priest(s) | Fr Harry Vaz,Fr Robin Kinny, Fr Joel Pinto, Fr Oniel Rodrigues and Fr Jothi Gnana |
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Borivali (West) has been a Roman Catholic Parish from 1547 to 1739 and again from 1912 onwards.[citation needed]
History
According to tradition, the intrepid Franciscan missionary, Padre Antonio do Porto was the founder of this church in 1544, ten years after the Bombay-Baçaim coastal tracts were ceded by the Sultan of Cambay, Bahadur Shah, to Portugal by the Treaty of Baçaim.[1] Fr. Meersman however holds that although Porto was its founder, the foundation could only have taken place shortly after his arrival in these parts in 1547.[2]
References
Citations
Books
- Ratus, Frs. Leslie J.; Rosario, Errol (1982). 1982 Directory of the Archdiocese of Bombay. Seminary of Pope St. Pius X, Bombay.
- School Diary. St. Francis of Assisi School, Mount Poinsur. 2003.
Categories:
- Roman Catholic churches in Mumbai
- Roman Catholic churches in Maharashtra
- 1547 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
- Religious organizations established in the 1540s
- Catholic congregations established in the 16th century
- 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India
- Roman Catholic churches completed in the 1540s