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The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 23 million Catholics in India, representing around 1.57% of the total population,
Mylapore's Santhome Basilica at Madras (Chennai), built in 1523 by the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay, over the tomb of Thomas the Apostle. Renovated in 1896 by British Indian architects. It is an important shrine of the apostolic age in the world.
Marth Mariam Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at Arakuzha, Kerala, is an ancient Nasrani church established in 999.
A facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of Vailankanni, in Tamil Nadu (the Coromandel region).
Mother Teresa
San Thome Church, officially known as the National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, is a church of the Catholic Church in India, at the Santhome neighbourhood of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu. It is
Catholic Church in India
…potentially over all past and future conquests from the Cape of Good Hope to China. Portuguese explorers arrived in Chennai in 1523 and built the Santhome Church over the tomb of Saint Thomas the Apostle, it was the first church in Chennai (Madras). In 1545, Francis Xavier visited this church, prayed in the Tomb…
Santhome Church, as built by the Portuguese in 1523
Santhome Cathedral, as rebuilt by the British in 1896
Pipe organ in Santhome Church