Both patriarchs sent bishops to India, but the Portuguese consistently managed to outmaneuver them, and effectively cut off the Saint Thomas Christians from their hierarchy in 1575, when the Padroado legislated that neither patriarch could send representatives to India without Portuguese approval.
Ambos patriarcas enviaron bispos para a India, mais os portugueses sempre conseguiron neutralizalos e separar efectivamente os cristiáns de Santo Tomé da súa xerarquía en 1575, cando o Padroado lexislou que nin o patriarca podía enviar representantes para a India sen a aprobación portuguesa.