Fr Jose Aureliano de Sousa was a native of Assagao, Goa. He was a Diocesan Priest who worked as the Vicar in the Church of St John the Evangelist in Neura, Goa. The Church of St John the Evangelist at Neura, Goa was built in 1541. He worked in the Church of Neura and Varca, Goa.