. . "\"Apostle of Ceylon\""@en . . "1651Z"^^ . . . . "Catholic priest and missionary" . . . . "Priest and missionary"@en . . . . . . "2015-01-14Z"^^ . . . "Vaz, Joseph, Rev."@en . . "1711-01-16Z"^^ . "1711Z"^^ . . "St. Joseph Vaz, CO,(Konkani: Bhagivont Zuze Vaz; Portuguese: S\u00E3o Jos\u00E9 Vaz; Sinhalese: \u0DC1\u0DCF\u0DB1\u0DCA\u0DAD \u0DA2\u0DD4\u0DC3\u0DDA \u0DC0\u0DCF\u0DC3\u0DCA \u0DB4\u0DD2\u0DBA\u0DAD\u0DD4\u0DB8\u0DCF Santha Juse Vaz Piyathuma; Tamil: \u0BAA\u0BC1\u0BA9\u0BBF\u0BA4 \u0B9C\u0BCB\u0B9A\u0BAA\u0BCD \u0BB5\u0BBE\u0BB8\u0BCD), 21 April 1651 \u2013 16 January 1711) was an Oratorian priest and missionary in Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon.Vaz arrived in Ceylon during the Dutch occupation, when the Dutch were imposing Calvinism as the official religion after taking over from the Portuguese."@en . . "1995-01-21Z"^^ . "St. Joseph Vaz,C.O."@en . . "1651-04-21Z"^^ .