Patriarch of the East Indies

The Patriarch of the East Indies in the Roman Catholic hierarchy is a title of the the Archbishop of Goa and Daman in India; another title of the archbishop is the Primate of the East. Unlike the sui juris patriarchs of Eastern Rite churches, Patriarch of the East Indies is a purely honorary title, fully subject to the pope and a member of the Latin Rite, similar to the Patriarchs of Venice and Lisbon. The Patriarch of the East Indies is a rare case in the Latin Rite of an Archbishop who is not also a Metropolitan bishop, as there are no other dioceses in the Goa and Daman province.

List of Patriarchs of the East Indies

1. Antonio Sebastião Valente (1886–1908)
2. Matheus de Oliveira Xavier (1909–1929)
3. Teotonio Emanuele Ribeira Vieira de Castro (1929–1940)
4. José da Costa Nuñes (1940–1953)
5. José Vieira Alvernaz (1953–1975)
6. Raul Nicholau Gonsalves (1978–2004)
7. Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (2004–present)