St. Lawrence Church Sinquerim Goa

The church with a magnificent view, St Lawrence Church in Sinquerim St. Lawrence Church, Sinquerim, Goa is called ‘Sao Lourence Igreja em Sinquerim, Goa’ in Portuguese. The St. Lawrence Church, Sinquerim, Goa is popularly called ‘The Sinquerim Church’ locally in Goa. The Sinquerim church was built by the Viceroy of Goa and handed over to the Franciscans in 1636. In 1688, the Sinquerim church was upgraded to a parish, after being detached from the Parish of Candolim. In 1776, after the Franciscans left the Sinquerim parish and the hospice they had there, the Diocesan clergy took over the pastoral care of the parish. From June 1991 the Sinquerim parish is entrusted to the members of the Order of the Friars Minor Capuchin’s. The Church of St. Lawrence at Sinquerim is built at a Picturesque location and overlooks the Arabian sea. The Sinquerim church is a short