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The cathedral of the first diocese in India.

It is believed that Christianity was introduced to India by Thomas the Apostle,
who is said to have reached the Malabar Coast of Kerala in 52 AD.

Christian communities developed and expanded further when
Portuguese missionaries arrived in the 13th and 14th centuries.

History of a few oldest dioceses in India as the cradle of Indian Christianity
can be dated back to the 15th century.

Find out which is the first diocese in India here.

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Diocese of Port Blair

Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias
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Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias
Deepti Dham, Catholic Bishop's House, P. B. 466, Junglighat P. O. Port Blair - 744 103, Andamans, India
03192 239 409, Mobile: 09434284667
Fax :+91-3192- 230464
[email protected] (official) [email protected] (personal)

Society of St. Francis Xavier Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. was born on Aug. 5, 1944 in Calangute in Goa archdiocese. He was ordained a priest on Dec. 21, 1969 in the congregation of Society of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar, Goa. Pope John Paul II appointed him the first Bishop of Port Blair on June 22, 1984. He was ordained on Jan. 20, 1985. Before becoming the prelate, Bishop Dias was the rector of a major seminary in Goa.
On 6 Jan 2019 he Retired.
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