Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares
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Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares (Alvares Mar Julius) (29 April 1836 – 23 September 1923) was initially a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in Goa.[lower-alpha 1] He joined the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and was elevated to Metropolitan of Goa, Ceylon and Greater India in the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church.[1]
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Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares or Alvares Mar Julius | |||||||||||||
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First Metropolitan of Goa and Ceylon | |||||||||||||
Born | (1836-04-29)29 April 1836 Verna, Goa, Portuguese India | ||||||||||||
Died | 23 September 1923(1923-09-23) (aged 87) Ribandar, Goa, Portuguese India | ||||||||||||
Venerated in | Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church | ||||||||||||
Major shrine | St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, Ribandar, Goa | ||||||||||||
Feast | 23 September | ||||||||||||
Patronage | Poor and Ill | ||||||||||||
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