Roman Catholic Diocese of Díli
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Díli is a diocese
located in the city of Díli
in Timor-Leste.
The country’s only Major Seminary, the Seminary of SS Peter and Paul
is located within the Diocese.
s of Díli (Roman rite)
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Díli
Dili
Dili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....
in Timor-Leste.
The country’s only Major Seminary, the Seminary of SS Peter and Paul
Seminary of SS Peter and Paul
The Seminary of SS Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic Seminary in Dili, East Timor. It is the country’s only Major Seminary named after the Saints Peter and Paul. It is located in Fatumeta....
is located within the Diocese.
History
- September 4, 1940: Established as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Díli from the Roman Catholic Diocese of MacauRoman Catholic Diocese of MacauThe 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...
. - On September 4, 1990 the diocese celebrated its 50th anniversary.
- In 2009 the government gave US$1.5 million to two dioceses in East Timor — Dili and Baucau, which they are to receive annually “to run social programs for people”. Poverty remains a massive problem since independence in 2002, with about half of the 1 million population unemployed and 45 per cent living on less than US$1 a day.
- February 1, 2010: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dili loses territory to form the newly-erected Roman Catholic Diocese of MalianaRoman Catholic Diocese of MalianaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana is a Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in East Timor. The new diocese includes the administrative region of Maliana in districts of Liquica, Bobonaro, and Cova–Lima and 16 sub–districts....
, the third Roman Catholic diocese in East Timor - Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass with crowds of young people of East Timor on October 12, 1989. In 2008 a chapel and statue were built and dedicated in his honor in the suburb of Tasi-Tolu, in the Diocese. These were blessed by the Apostolic Nuncio of East Timor, Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli.
Leadership
BishopBishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Díli (Roman rite)
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- Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva (February 27, 2004 – present)
- Bishop Basilio do NascimentoBasilio do NascimentoBasílio do Nascimento Martins is the Roman Catholic bishop of Baucau, East Timor.He was born on June 14, 1950, in Suai, then Portuguese Timor and ordained priest in Évora, in 1977...
(Apostolic Administrator November 26, 2002 – February 27, 2004) - Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes BeloCarlos Filipe Ximenes BeloCarlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, GCL is an East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop. Along with José Ramos-Horta, he received the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for work "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor."...
, S.D.B. (Apostolic Administrator 1983 – November 26, 2002) - Fr. Martinho da Costa LopesMartinho da Costa LopesMartinho da Costa Lopes , East Timorese religious and political leader. Msgr da Costa Lopes, who was a Timorese priest of many years experience, was also a member of the National Assembly in Lisbon. By 1975, when the Indonesian troops landed in Timor, he had become the assistant to the Portuguese...
(later Msgr.) (Apostolic Administrator 1977 – 1983) - Bishop José Joaquim Ribeiro (January 31, 1967 – October 22, 1977)
- Bishop Jaime Garcia Goulart (October 12, 1945 – January 31, 1967)