Fr Bento Jose João Gomes was a Diocesan priest who was the Vicar at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary at Curca in Goa and as the Vicar at Holy Spirit Church, Naroa, Goa. The Our Lady of Rosary Church at Curca, Goa and the Holy Spirit Church at Naroa, Goa are among the older Goan Churches which was built in the 17th Century. He was a native of Cansaulim, Goa.