Diocese Of Vasai Media

The new Diocese of Vasai was created out of Archdiocese of Bombay by Pope John Paul II on May 22, 1998. The Church of Our Lady of Grace was elevated to the status of a Cathedral and Most Rev Dr. Thomas Dabre the auxiliary Bishop of Bombay ever since1988 was nominated as its first Bishop The Episcopal installation of Most Rev Thomas Dabre as its first Bishop took place on August 15, 1998. St. Gonsalo Garcia, the Parton of Vasai, the first Canonized Martyr of India, hails from the Diocese. Following to the transfer of Bishop Thomas Dabre to the Diocese of Pune on April 4, 2008, Most Rev. Felix Anthony Machado was transferred from Nashik Diocese to the Diocese of Vasai on November 10, 2009 and was installed on December 19, 2009.