Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol
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MOST REV. FILIPE NERI CARDINAL
FERRÃO
Archbishop-Patriarch of Goa and Daman
Patriarch of the East Indies
Primate of the East
Titular Archbishop of Cranganore
Born: 20 January, 1953
Ordained Priest 28 October, 1979
Ordained Bishop 10 April, 1994
Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese 1994-2004
Appointed Archbishop of Goa and
Daman, and Patriarch 'ad honorem' of the East Indies 12 December, 2003
Public Announcement of the appointment 16 January, 2004
st Installed as Archbishop-Patriarch 21 March, 2004
Appointed Metropolitan 25 November, 2006
Created Cardinal 27 August, 2022
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About Us
The Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol is the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, situated in the village of Rachol, Salcete, in the State of Goa, India. The Seminary came to be known as the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol in the year 1886 after the Archbishop of Goa was given the honorary title of the Patriarch of the East Indies. The village of Rachol was a pre-Portuguese fortress built either by the Muslim Kingdom of Bijapur or the Hindu Kingdom of Vijaynagar. The Portuguese took possession of Salcete in 1543 and fortified the ruins of the fortress and turned it into a military base.