Saint Gonsalo Garcia was a Roman Catholic Franciscan friar from India, who died as a martyr in Japan. He was born in the western coastal town of Vasai near Mumbai in 1556. He was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 1862 and is the first Indian to attain sainthood.
St. Gonsalo Garcia Quiz Questions
1. Where was St. Gonsalo Garcia born?
a) Quezon
b) Bassein
c) Lisbon
d) Cadiz
2. Which order did St. Gonsalo Garcia join?
a) Franciscan
b) Jesuit
c) Dominican
d) Benedictine
3. When was St. Gonsalo Garcia accepted as a religious?
a) 8 January 1582
b) 11 May 1548
c) 3 July 1588
d) 28 November 1556
4. Where did St. Gonsalo Garcia join as a religious?
a) Panjim
b) Rachol
c) Macao
d) Manila
5. Who in 1587 ordered all foreign missionaries to leave Japan?
a) Oda Saburo Nobunaga
b) Tokugawa Hidedata
c) Mori Terumoto
d) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
6. Where were St. Gonsalo Garcia and his companions put under house arrest?
a) Fukushima
b) Micao
c) Kobe
d) Hiroshima
7. When did St. Gonsalo Garcia die?
a) 5 February 1597
b) 3 June 1601
c) 21 August 1602
d) 14 October 1606
8. Where did St. Gonsalo Garcia die?
a) Tokyo
b) Osaka
c) Nagasaki
d) Nakamura
9. When was St. Gonsalo Garcia beatified?
a) 22 March 1649
b) 8 April 1654
c) 14 September 1627
d) 4 December 1707
10. When was St. Gonsalo Garcia canonized?
a) 17 January 1894
b) 8 June 1862
c) 28 August 1848
d) 7 October 1826
St. Gonsalo Garcia Quiz Questions with Answers
1. Where was St. Gonsalo Garcia born?
b) Bassein
2. Which order did St. Gonsalo Garcia join?
a) Franciscan
3. When was St. Gonsalo Garcia accepted as a religious?
c) 3 July 1588
4. Where did St. Gonsalo Garcia join as a religious?
d) Manila
5. Who in 1587 ordered all foreign missionaries to leave Japan?
d) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
6. Where were St. Gonsalo Garcia and his companions put under house arrest?
b) Micao
7. When did St. Gonsalo Garcia die?
a) 5 February 1597
8. Where did St. Gonsalo Garcia die?
c) Nagasaki
9. When was St. Gonsalo Garcia beatified?
c) 14 September 1627
10. When was St. Gonsalo Garcia canonized?
b) 8 June 1862
