though not appointed he was also an ecclesiastical advocate and for his contributions in the study of theology and canon law he was honoured with an award of pope pius ix by pope leo xiii their third brother was francisco xavier de loyola their palatial mansion annexed with the chapel of immaculate conception was gifted to the congregation of sisters of presentation of the blessed virgin mary it is in this mansion that the nuns started the convent of st pius x in 1958 which is now st pius high school one of the first churches to be built in goa was in orlim st michael the archangel church was built by the jesuits in 1568 and will complete 500 years in 2019 the first private hospital in salcete to be opened was in the village of orlim in 1938 and the pioneer was dr antonio joaquim lucio jose samiro roque vaz the establishment was a boon not only to local villagers but also to people in neighbouring villages a temple dedicated to lord vithoba also exists in the village and the beauty is both hindu and catholic communities exist in perfect harmony orlim is essentially an agrarian village and some villagers still cultivate their fields some youth have branched out into poultry pisciculture and even dairy farmingrenowned residents cardinal oswald gracias currently the archbishop of bombay hails from orlim in the field of sports orlim boy mariano dias did the village proud by playing for goan football clubs like salgaocar and churchill brothers at the national level and then went on to successfully coach the under19 goa team which won the national football tournament he also played for goa xi against international friendly matches he was awarded all india best defender in 1987 preethi coutinho is a grade 8 violinist and one of the first goan girls to have trained and successfully answered the licentiate of trinity college london ltcl in singing lead guitarist graceston vaz and drummer ilan martins are making waves in goa today with their musical skills all have roots in orlim music maestro late professor micael martin is also a son of the soil he is a recipient of many national and international awards in the erstwhile portuguese rule in1960 governor of goa gen vassalo e silva conferred on him a state award in appreciation of his concert of violin he was also awarded the ashoka pillar by jawaharlal nehru in 1962 these are just two of the many illustrious awards bestowed on him elu miranda former mla from orlim was elected from the benaulim assembly constituency in 1967 on the united goans party and later joined the mgpat a glance orlim was the first village to celebrate carnival with great pomp during the portuguese era villagers have kept alive the lantern procession in february to commemorate the feast of st sebastianlocals speak migrants one of the crucial problems that ails orlim village is the unrestricted habitation of migrants in various households without being provided