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*1517 The Portuguese discover the tomb of St. Thomas in Mylapore.
*1518 The ''"Book of [[w:Duarte Barbosa|Duarte Barbosa]]"'' mentions St. Thomas and his tomb at Mylapore, narrating the legends regarding the martydom of St Thomas, also that local Christians go there on pilgrimage and carry away many relics.
*1533 Portuguese establish the Latin [[w:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Diocese of Goa]] in the hope of bringing the St. Thomas Christians under their jurisdiction.
*1540 The Franciscan Fr. Vincent De Lagos starts the [[w:Kodungallur|Cranganore]] Seminary.
*1542 Francis Xavier, Apostolic Nuncio in the East, reaches Goa.
*1545 Francis Xavier was at Mylapore for four months, spending long hours nightly in prayer at the tomb of St. Thomas; Francis Xavier requested the [[w:Inquisition|Inquisition]] in 1545.
*1548 Dominican Monastery founded in [[w:Kochi, India|Cochin]].
*1549 Mar Abuna Jacob, A Chaldean Bishop, stayed at St. Antonio Monastery, Cochin.
*1552 '''Schism:''' a split occurred within the [[Assyrian Church of the East]], when part of it joined Rome, so that besides the ''Catholicosate of the East'' another, ''“Chaldaean,”'' Patriarchate was founded, the '''[[w:Chaldean Catholic Church|Chaldean Catholic Church]],''' headed by the Patriarch Mar [[w:Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa|John Sulaqa]] (1553-1555); apparently both parties sent Bishops to India.
*ca.1556 [[Assyrian Church of the East]] Catholicos, Simeon VII Denkha (Shemʿon VII Ishoyahb (1538-58)) sent a prelate to India, in the person of Mar Abraham, who was later to be the last Syrian Metropolitan of Malabar, after having gone over to the “Chaldaean” side; the Roman Catholic “Chaldaean” Patriarch Abdisho IV (1555-1567) sent Mar Joseph to Malabar as a “Chaldaean” bishop, accompanied by another “Chaldaean” bishop, Mar Eliah.
*1557 Pope Paul IV erects the [[w:Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin|Diocese of Cochin]]; Canonization process of Francis Xavier begun at Cochin.
*1560 The [[w:Goa Inquisition|Goa Inquisition]] was established in the Indian state of Goa and the rest of the Portuguese empire in Asia.<ref group="note">The Inquisition was established to punish relapsed New Christians – Jews and Muslims who converted to Catholicism, as well as their descendants – who were now suspected of practicing their ancestral religion in secret; as well as to Indian converts from Hinduism or Islam, who were thought to have returned to their original ways. It was used against Indian Catholics and Hindus as an instrument of social control, as well as a method of confiscating victims' property and enriching the Inquisitors. In ''[[w:The Goa Inquisition (book)|The Goa Inquisition]],'' Indian historian Anant Priolkar provides the most comprehensive account of the Goa Inquisition held by Portuguese colonialists in Goa, India, in the 16th century, and details the wholesale massacres of Hindus, Muslims, Indian Jews and non-Catholic Indian Christians by the Portuguese inquisitors.</ref>
*1577 Vaippicotta Seminary of the Jesuits started.
*1579 Augustinians reached Cochin.
*1585 In a Goan Synod it was decided to introduce the Latin liturgy and practices among the Thomas Christians.
*1597 Mar Abraham, the last Metropolitan Archbishop appointed by the Chaldean Patriarch, died.
*1599 June 20-June 26, The [[w:Synod of Diamper|Synod of Diamper]], convened by the Portuguese archbishop [[w:Aleixo de Menezes|Aleixo de Meneses]], issued 200 decrees, including removing the Malabarese from the jurisdiction of the Chaldean (Nestorian) patriarch, severing their direct ties with the [[Assyrian Church of the East]], and placing them under the Latin-rite Portuguese; Latinized the liturgy; decreed priestly celibacy; and introduced the [[w:Inquisition|Inquisition]]; the synod enforced severe restrictions on the faith of the Syriac Saint Thomas Christians, and the practice of using Syriac/Aramaic (Persecution of Syrian Christians).
*1606 Pope Paul V, in elevating ''San Thome of Mylapore'' to a cathedral, declared that ''“there lay buried the body of St. Thomas.”''