Fr Joao Batista Rodrigues was a Goan priest who worked in the Goan Church of Corlim as the Assistant to the Vicar. The Corlim Church is one of the older Goan Churches in Goa built in 1610. The Corlim Church is dedicated to St John Facundo, (Sao Joao Facundo). He was a native of Colva, Goa. He passed away at Colva on 27 January 1870.