Jordan Catala
14th-century European Catholic bishop in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jordan Catala of Sévérac (fl. 1280-c. 1330 also known as Jordan de Catalunya[2]) was an Occitanian Dominican missionary and explorer in Asia known for his Mirabilia descripta describing the marvels of the East. He was the first bishop of the diocese of Quilon, the first Roman Catholic diocese in the Indian subcontinent.
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