Cornel, you may not agree with me, but I think we should pay tribute to the colonial Catholic Church of Goa for making Catholic bamons of Goa a rather homogeneous group. Unlike Goan Hindu brahmins who claim themselves to be Gaud Saraswats, Prabhus, Daivadnyas, Karhades, Deshasthas, Chitpavans, etc. Goan catholic bamons are simply bamons, period; though a few may claim themselves to be of Gaud Saraswat denomination.(vide Gazetteer of India - Goa, Daman & Diu )
When *I say* colonial Catholic Church, it does not necessarily mean the Portuguese Patriarch, but his no: 2 in the Goa diocese namely '' A sua santidade bramanica ''the Vicar General, who was inevitably a Goan bamon.
