Dom Thomas de Castro (c.1621-1684) was a native of Divar in Goa, Portuguese India.[1] The Holy See appointed him Vicar Apostolic of Canara on 30 August 1675.[2] He later founded the famous Milagres Church in Mangalore, South Canara, Karnataka. He was the nephew of Dom Matheus de Castro (c.1594−1677), the first Indian Bishop of The Catholic Church.[3]
- ^ Indian Prelates by Jno Godinho, Bombay 1924
- ^ Rosario Cathedral, Mangalore
- ^ Gerald H. Anderson (1999). Biographical dictionary of Christian missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 0-8028-4680-7.