Religious Leaders
- Dom Matheus de Castro (c. 1594-1677) The first Indian Bishop of the Catholic Church
- Valerian Gracias, Cardinal in Bombay (Mumbai/Goa)
- Joseph Cordeiro, Cardinal in Pakistan (Karachi/Goa)
- Anthony Theodore Lobo, Bishop of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan (Karachi/Goa)
- Ivan Dias, Cardinal Prefect, Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Rome (Mumbai/Goa)
- Cardinal Oswald Gracias, from Carmona, Archbishop of Mumbai
- Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, from Aldona, current Archbishop of Goa and Damao
- Anthony de Mello, Jesuit priest and author
- Evarist Pinto, from Aldona, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
- Joseph Vaz, Missionary in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Patron of Goan Archdiocese
- Moreno de Souza – Translated the Bible into Konkani language
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