St. Thomas Church | |
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Igreja de São Tomás | |
20°42′56″N 70°59′22″E / 20.7155743°N 70.9893092°E | |
Location | Diu Town |
Country | India |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Museum (since 1992) |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Semi-active |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Baroque |
Years built | 1598 |
Groundbreaking | 16th century |
Specifications | |
Number of towers | 2 |
Bells | 2 |
Administration | |
Province | Province of Diu |
Diocese | Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (since 1533) |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Filipe Neri Ferrão |
St. Thomas' Church or Diu Museum in Diu, DNDD, India, is a church building built in the year 1598, under Bishop D. Aleixo Menezes.[1] It is one of three surviving church building in the town.
Conversion to Museum[edit]
Due to the decline in the Christian population in Diu ever since the Invasion of 1961, the use this church building fell out of use.[2] It functioned as an Orphanage, Home for the Aged, Police Station before finally becoming a museum in 1992. Though secularized, the building is still owned by the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "St. Thomas Church Museum".
- ^ "Linguistic traces of a colonial structure".
- ^ "The long shadow of Goa's dying Basilica". oHeraldo. Retrieved 2024-06-17.