Roman Catholic Brahmin

Roman Catholic Brahmin (IAST Bamonns /baməɳ ~ bamɔɳ/ in Romi Konkani & Kupari in Bombay East Indian dialects) is a caste among the Goan,[1][2][3] Bombay East Indian[4][5][6][7][8] and Mangalorean Catholics[9][10][11] who are descendants of Konkani Brahmin converts to the Latin Church, in parts of the Konkan region that were annexed into the Portuguese East Indies, with the capital (metropole) at Velha Goa, while Bombay (Bom Bahia) was the largest territory (province) of Portuguese India. They retain some of the ethno-social values and customs of their ancestors, and most of them exhibit a noticeable hybrid Latino-Concanic culture.[12] They were known as the Brahmins among the "New Christians".[13]

  1. ^ Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) & Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses 2001, p. 638
  2. ^ Risley & Crooke 1915, p. 80
  3. ^ Rao 1963, p. 45
  4. ^ "Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute". 1939.
  5. ^ "The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay". 1968.
  6. ^ Baptista, Elsie Wilhelmina (1967). "The East Indians: Catholic Community of Bombay, Salsette and Bassein".
  7. ^ Baptista, Elsie Wilhelmina (1967). "The East Indians: Catholic Community of Bombay, Salsette and Bassein".
  8. ^ Congress, Indian History (1972). "Proceedings".
  9. ^ Silva & Fuchs 1965, p. 6
  10. ^ Prabhu 1999, p. XV
  11. ^ Fernandes 1969, p. 246
  12. ^ Rathore, Ashok (16 February 2017). Impact of Christianity on Indian and Australian Societies. ISBN 9781514494615.
  13. ^ "The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine: And Religious Intelligencer". 1808.