Thanks, Because you say so, I too thought it could be a typo error on my part. However, after verification, it was found out that it wasn’t a typo error after all. My source is Goa Bishop’s Palace Website. The date they quote are the dates of Establishment e.g Orlim Church war established in the year 1548. Check this out. http://www.archgoadaman.org/?q=content/parishes Check some excerpts from the site.
OLAULIM: St Anne (1985) Olaulim, Carona P. O. 403 523, Goa. C: 818. T: 2295404. ORLIM: St Michael (1548) Orlim 403 724, Goa. C: 3000. T: 2745768. OXEL: Our Lady of the Sea (1616) Oxel, Siolim P.O. 403 517, Goa. C: 485. T: 2270115. NOTE: Details are given in the following order: 1) PLACE (Olim), 2) PATRON (St. Michael), 3) YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT (1548), 4) ADDRESS (Orlim, 403204, Goa), 5) NUMBER OF CATHOLICS: (C: 3000), 6) TELEPHONE NUMBER: (T: 2745768). For any queries and details regarding the website, kindly contact: DIOCESAN CENTRE FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA Fr Francisco X. Caldeira Archbishop's House, Altinho-Panaji, Goa 403001. Email: dcscm...@gmail.com Ph: +91-832-2422653 Quote: [Goanet] Talking Photos: St. Michael Church (1548) Orlim, Goa Themistocles D'Silva tdsilva at bellsouth.net Sat Oct 31 21:05:09 PDT 2009 These are great photographs of the Church and the altars. The date of the founding of the church should be 1568 and not 1548. I am assuming it was just a typo error nevertheless it should be corrected as this inadvertent error will get propagated and confuse many readers. The Jesuits entered the province of Salcete in 1560. From: JoeGoaUk Talking Photos: St. Michael Church (1548) Orlim, Goa St. Michael Church (1548) Orlim, Goa http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4056982188/sizes/l/ close up http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/4056243083/sizes/l/ joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. http://in.yahoo.com/trynew