Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau

Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau was established on January 23, 1576 by the edict of Pope Gregory XIII. It originally covered China, Japan, Vietnam and the Malay archipelago, with the exception of the Philippines. It now only administers Macau alone, the last regions outside Macau under its administration were the parishes of Saint Joseph (Singapore) and Saint Peter (Malacca), which separated from the Diocese of Macau in 1981.

D. José Lai (黎鴻昇) is the current bishop, the first born in Macau and the second Chinese bishop (the first is Domingos Lam 林家駿). Its patron saints are Francis Xavier and Catherine of Siena, and its motto is Scientia et Virtus (Knowledge and Virtue).

The diocese is immediately subject of the Holy See, instead of being in an ecclesiastical province. From its founding until 1975, the diocese was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Goa, but this was changed following Portugal's loss of sovereignty over Goa.

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Parishes

The Diocese is divided in:

  • six parishes (five in Macau Peninsula and one in Taipa island):
  • two quasi-parishes (in Macau Peninsula):
    • St. Francis Xavier's church at Mong Há (望廈聖方濟各堂)
    • St. Joseph's church at Iao Hon (聖若瑟勞工主保堂)
  • one mission (in Coloane island):
    • St. Francis Xavier's church in Coloane (路環聖方濟各堂)

List of Bishops

  • Belchior Carneiro 賈耐勞主教 (1576–1581)  Portugal
    • Didacus Nunnez Figueira 1576–1578  Portugal? – not possessed
    • Leonard de Saa 1578–1599 – not possessed  Portugal
  • Diogo Correia Valente 華主教 (1630–1633)  Portugal
    • as Apostolic Administrator 1623–1630
  • João de Casal 嘉主教 (1690-1735)  Portugal
  • Eugénio de Trigueiros 德主教 (1735–1739)  Portugal
  • Hilário de Santa Rosa 羅主教 (1739–1752)  Portugal
  • Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis 孟主教 (1752–1772)  Portugal
  • Alexandre Da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães 祁主教 (1772–1789)  Brazil
  • Marcelino José Da Silva 施主教 (1789–1803)  Portugal
  • Manuel de Santo Galdino 賈主教 (1802–1804)  Portugal
  • Francisco Chachim 查主教 (1804–1828)  Portugal
  • Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja 柏主教 (1843–1845)  Portugal?
  • Jerónimo José de Mata 馬主教 (1845–1862)  Spain
  • João Pereira Botlho do Amaral e Pimentel 蘇主教 (1873–1883)  Portugal
  • Antonio Joaquim de Medeiros 明德祿主教 (1884–1897)  Portugal
  • João Manuel de Carvalho 嘉惠勞主教 (1897–1902)  Portugal
  • João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro 鮑理諾主教 (1902–1918)  Portugal
  • José da Costa Nunes 高若瑟主教 (1920–1940)  Portugal
  • João de Deus Ramalho 羅若望主教 (1942–1954)  Portugal
  • Poicarpo da Costa Vaz 高德華主教 (1954–1960)  Portugal
  • Paulo José Tavares 戴維理主教 (1961–1973)  Portugal
  • Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa 高秉常主教 (1976–1988)  Portugal
  • Domingos Lam 林家駿主教 (1988–2003)  Hong Kong
  • José Lai 黎鴻昇主教 2003–present  Macau

Prelates

See also

  • list of Macao-related topics

External links


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