page_title: Gonsalo Garcia
hierarchical_section_title: Gonsalo Garcia
caption_attribution_description: English: A statue of St. Gonsalo Garcia, who was born in Bassein (Vasai), a historical village north of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India, that is now part of the Vasai-Virar city. Garcia was the first Roman Catholic saint of India and of the Indian sub-Continent.
context_page_description: Gonsalo Garcia, O.F.M., was a Franciscan lay brother from Portuguese India, who died as a martyr in Japan and is venerated as a saint, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan so venerated. The first Indian born to attain sainthood was born in the western coastal town of Baçaim, later Bassein in English
context_section_description: Gonsalo Garcia, O.F.M. (Portuguese: Gonçalo Garcia; 1556 – 5 February 1597), was a Franciscan lay brother from Portuguese India, who died as a martyr in Japan and is venerated as a saint, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan so venerated. The first Indian born to attain sainthood was born in the western coastal town of Baçaim, later Bassein in English (now known as Vasai, an exurb of the city of Mumbai. During his lifetime, the town was under Portuguese colonial rule.
caption: St Gonsalo Garcia of Bassein
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