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St Bartholomew's Church (Chorão Island)

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St Bartholomew's Church
Igreja de São Bartolomeu
St Bartholomew's Church, Chorão
Map
LocationChorão, Goa
CountryIndia
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusChurch
Founded1569
DedicationSaint Bartholomew
Architecture
StyleBaroque
Administration
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Goa and Daman

St Bartholomew's Church (Igreja de São Bartolomeu) is a Roman Catholic church built in 1569 in Chorão, Goa. The Parish of St. Bartholomeu is made up of the village of Chorão of the village of Caraim and the Passo de Ambarim. Its boundaries are the river of Mapuca to its North and West; on the opposite side of the river the parishes of Aldona and Pomburpa; the parish of Our Lady of Grace Church (Chorão Island) to the South and the river Naroa with the Parish of Pedade of the Island of Divar to its East.[1][2]

History

The Church of St. Bartholomeu was built in the year 1569 by the Religious of the Society of Jesus and handed over to the Diocesan Clergy in 1597.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archbishop announces priests' appointments". The Navhind Times. 13 May 2017.
  2. ^ "CHORAO ISLAND". Trawell.in.
  3. ^ "St Bartholomew's Church,Chorao". Goanchurches.info.