Fr Joaquim Xavier de Assuncao Torcato was a Diocesan Priest who worked as the Vicar in the Church of Our Lady of Piedade (Piety), Divar, Goa. The Our Lady of Piedade ( Piety) Church at Divar was built in 1625. He then worked in the Church of Quepem, Goa. He was a native of Velim, Goa.