Home

Decree

CP-Dec/4/2011 

“D E C R E E”

Whereas there is need to reconstitute the Council of Priests in our Archdiocese;
Whereas elections were recently held for a new Council in accordance with its Constitution;
We do hereby reconstitute the Council of Priests of our Archdiocese with the following members:

A-“Ex- Officio Members”

1. Vicar General of the Archdiocese:           (Fr. José Remedios Fernandes)
2. Episcopal Vicar for the North Zone:         (Fr. Amandio Valadares)
3. Episcopal Vicar for the Central Zone:       (Fr.  Lino de Sa )
4. Episcopal Vicar for the South Zone:         (Fr. Joseph de Silva)
5. Episcopal Vicar for the Religious:              (Fr. Galdino Monteiro,s.f.x.)
6. Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese:             (Fr. Rosario Oliveira)
7. Chancellor of the Archdiocese:                 (Fr. Manuel Ubaldo Dias)
8. Financial Administrator of
    the Archdiocese:                                   (Fr. Victor Rodrigues)
9. Director of the Pastoral Institute
    St. Pius X:                                           (Fr. Joseph Salema)
10.Rector of the Diocesan Major Seminary:   (Fr. Dennis Fernandes)
11.Rector of the Diocesan Minor Seminary:   (Fr. Antonio Salema)
12.Superior General of the Missionary
    Society of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar:   (Fr. Tony Lopes, s.f.x.)
13.President of C.R.I., Goa, or a priest
    member chosen by its Executive in
    case the President is not a priest:     (Fr. Johnson Gonsalves,
                                                         m.s.f.s.)
14.President of the Cathedral Chapter:        (Can. Santana Faleiro)
15.Superior of the Mission of Daman:        (Fr. Lyndon Rodrigues,s.f.x.)
16.Executive Secretary of the Diocesan
    Pastoral Secretariat:                   (Fr. Anthony Fernandes)

B- “Elected Members”
17.    Fr. Arnolfo Mazarelo            Age Group I
18.    Fr. Avinash Rebelo             Age Group II
19.    Fr. Francisco Caldeira            Age Group III
20.    Fr. Mousinho de Ataide            Age Group IV
21.    Fr. Urbano Menezes            Age Group V
22.    Fr. Robin Rodrigues            Age Group VI
23.    Fr. Andre Pereira            Age Group VII
24.    Fr. Peter Raj                Age Group VIII
25.    Fr. Savio de Souza            Age Group IX
            26.Fr. Edwin Pereira        Age Group X
            27.Fr. Caetano Fernandes        Deans   
            28.Fr. Rolland Carvalho        Mapuca Deanery
            29.Fr. Jorge Fernandes        Margão Deanery
            30.Fr. Anil Kumar            Old-Goa Deanery
            31.Fr. Roque da Costa        Pernem Deanery
            32.Fr. Santana Carvalho        Aldona Deanery
            33.Fr. Agnelo Rodrigues        Benaulim Deanery
            34.Fr. Tomas Lobo            Bicholim Deanery
            35.Fr. Luciano Fernandes        Calangute Deanery
            36.Fr. Simon Barnabe Fernandes      Canacona Deanery
            37.Fr. Jose Dias            Chinchinim Deanery
            38.Fr. Miguel Pereira         Goa-Velha Deanery
            39.Fr. Vital Miranda         Mormugão Deanery
            40.Fr. Anthony Albuquerque        Panjim Deanery 
            41.Fr. Lawrence Rodrigues        Ponda Deanery 
            42.Fr. Ubaldo Fernandes        Quepem Deanery
            43.Fr. Aurelio Rodrigues, s.f.x.    Sanguem Deanery
            44.Fr. Cristo Menezes        Siolim Deanery
            45.Fr. Eremito Rebelo         Verna Deanery
            46.Fr. Angelino Vaz, s.f.x.        Mission of Daman                 
            47.Fr. Agnelo Pinheiro         Diocesan Institutions 
                                                of Priestly Formation
            48.Fr. Jeronimo Silva        Diocesan Educational
                                                Institutions               
            49.Can.Saturnino Dias        Capitular Corporation    
                                                 and Curia
            50.Fr. Savio Gomes, s.d.b.        Religious
            51.Fr. Alvito Fernandes, o.c.d.     Religious
            52.Fr. Coleman D’Souza, s.j.    Religious

C - “Nominated Members”
         1. Fr. Valeriano Vaz
         2. Fr. Edmundo Barreto

    Given in Goa, at Archbishop’s House, Panjim, on the 5th day of January of the year 2011,
 

under our signature and the seal of the Patriarchal Curia.

                                    
                                                                                          Sd/- ( + Filipe Neri Ferrão )

                                                                                        Archbishop of Goa and Daman
                                                                                                         and
                                                                                         Patriarch of the East Indies

Sd/- (Fr. Manuel Ubaldo Dias)

Chancellor