Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman encompasses the state of Goa and the Union Territories of Daman in India. The ecclesiastical province of Goa and Daman includes a suffragan dioceses, Sindhudurg . The archdiocese is the primatial see of the East, and the Archbishop carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. In Konkani, the local language in Goa, the archdiocese is known as "Goy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant".It is the oldest diocese in terms of activity in the East Indes, with its origins linked to the arrival of the Portuguese on the Malabar Coast. The metropolitan archbishop of Goa and Daman also uses the title Primate of the Indies or Primate of the East, and honorifically receives the title of on 4,194 km² in 167 parishes and 124 missions with 715 priests, 1,503 lay religious and 80 seminarians.