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Diocese of Macau

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Diocese of Macau
Dioecesis Macaonensis
天主教澳門教區
Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady
Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady
Location
Territory Macau
Statistics
Area 30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2013)
582,000
29,611 (5.1%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang
Vicar General Father Pedro Chung
Website
catholic.org.mo

The Diocese of Macau (Portuguese: Diocese de Macau; Chinese: 天主教澳門教區; Jyutping: tin1 zyu2 gaau3 ou3 mun4 gaau3 keoi1) is a Latin Church exempt ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church,[1] in contrast with the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is, de jure, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangdong.

The territory of the Diocese of Macau encompasses Macau, a special administrative region of China. In theory, a part of Guangdong province also belongs to the diocese, but in practice, the diocese is limited to Macau.

Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady.

Its patron saints are Francis Xavier and Catherine of Siena, and its motto is Scientia et Virtus (Knowledge and Virtue).

Stephen Lee Bun-sang is the current bishop and the third ethnically Chinese bishop of the diocese.[2]

History

It was established on January 23, 1576, by the edict of Pope Gregory XIII, on vast territory split off from Roman Catholic Diocese of Malacca. It originally covered China, Japan, Vietnam and the Malay Archipelago, with the exception of the Philippines. From its founding, the diocese was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese (soon Patriarchate) of Goa, in Portuguese India.

It gradually lost most of its territory, in and around continental China:

It was made exempt in 1975, following Portugal's loss of sovereignty over Goa, its former metropolitan.

It now only administers Macau alone, the last regions outside Macau under its administration were the parishes of Saint Joseph in Singapore (re-united with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore c. 1972) and St. Peter's Church in Malacca (now as part of Roman Catholic Diocese of Malacca-Johor), which separated from the Diocese of Macau in 1981.

Bishops

Bishops of Macau

from 1641 to 1668, no bishops were named due to the Portuguese Restoration War between Spain and Portugal[9]

Father Bento de Christo (1640–1642), administrator;[9] Father Francisco de S. Thomaz, named by Peter II of Portugal in 1669 but not confirmed by the Pope;[9] Father Giovanni Filippo de Marini (also Filippe de Marino) (1671–1677), administrator[9]

Coadjutor bishops

Parishes

The diocese is divided in:

Schools

The following schools are directly operated by the diocese:

Preschool through secondary school
Colégio Diocesano de São José - Sé (not in Macau's tuition-free school network);[10] Colégio Diocesano de São José 5 - Nossa Senhora de Fátima (not in Macau's tuition-free school network);[11] Escola de São Paulo - Nossa Senhora de Fátima[12]
Preschool through junior high school
Escola do Santíssimo Rosário - Santo António[13] (Closed[14])
Preschool and primary school
Escola Dom João Paulino - Taipa;[15] Escola Madalena de Canossa - Nossa Senhora de Fátima;[16] Escola de Santa Teresa do Menino Jesus - Nossa Senhora de Fátima[17]

There are other Catholic schools in Macau which are operated by Catholic orders.

See also

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[18]

References

  1. Back to citation "Macau marks 440th anniversary". Sunday Examiner. Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. 17 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. Back to citation Morgan, S. (2021), Em Procissão Solene a Deus Orando, para os Batéis Viemos Caminhando'—The Long Ebb-Tide of Catholic Public Piety in the Former-Portuguese Enclave of Macao, "In 2016, the third Chinese Bishop of Macao was appointed. Stephen Lee Bun-sang is a convert to Catholicism and a native of Hong Kong."
  3. Back to citation "Super Cathedram Principis Apostolorum - Establishing the Catholic Mission in Vietnam September 8, 1659 [Bull] - Pope Alexander VII - 1659". Papal Encyclicals Online (in Latin). 9 September 1659.
  4. Back to citation History of the Church: The church in the age of absolutism and enlightenment. Northwestern University. 1981. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-8245-0010-8.
  5. Back to citation Brown, Steart J. (December 7, 2006). The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 7, Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660-1815. Cambridge University Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-521-81605-2. “China was divided into three padroado dioceses with limited territory: the diocese of Beijing included the provinces of Zhili and Shandong as well as the territory of Liaodung in Manchuria; the diocese of Nanjing consisted of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Henan; and the diocese of Macao included Guangdong, Guangxi, and the island of Hainan”
  6. Back to citation Couling, Samuel (1964). The Encyclopedia Sinica. Literature House, Ltd. pp. 589–590. ASIN B00796PBNY.
  7. Back to citation occurrence 7.0 Back to citation occurrence 7.1 Manuel, Teixeira (1940). Bispos e governadores do Bispado de Macau (in Portuguese). p. 88. “O Depois da morte de D. Leonardo, governou a Diocese o P. Manuel de Aguiar e, logo a seguir, Frei Miguel dos Santos”
  8. Back to citation occurrence 8.0 Back to citation occurrence 8.1 Cultures of Conflict Resolution in Early Modern Europe. Taylor & Francis. May 2017. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-134-80264-7.
  9. Back to citation occurrence 9.0 Back to citation occurrence 9.1 Back to citation occurrence 9.2 Back to citation occurrence 9.3 Back to citation occurrence 9.4 Back to citation occurrence 9.5 Fernandes, Abriel (1886). Macau e sua diocese: Bispos e governadores do Bispado Macau (in Portuguese). p. 7.
  10. Back to citation "Colégio Diocesano de São José." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço: Rua da Sé, no.19" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 大堂街十九號"
  11. Back to citation "Colégio Diocesano de São José 5." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço: Rua Central de Toi San, no. 253" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 台山中街253號"
  12. Back to citation "Escola São Paulo." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço: Rampa dos Cavaleiros, nos.12-14" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 黑沙灣斜坡12-14號"
  13. Back to citation "Escola do Santíssimo Rosário." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço: Largo da Companhia, No. 14, Macau" Chinese profile: "學校地址: 老人院前地14號"
  14. Back to citation "Escola do Santíssimo Rosário to close in 2017". O Clarim. 2016-06-17. Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  15. Back to citation "Escola Dom João Paulino." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço: Avenida de Carlos da Maia, s/n, Taipa" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 嘉路士米耶大馬路"
  16. Back to citation "Escola Madalena de Canossa." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço: Rua do Comandante João Belo Fai Chi Kei, no.28" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 筷子基俾若翰街28號"
  17. Back to citation "Escola de Santa Teresa do Menino Jesus." Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (Macau). Retrieved on April 9, 2017. "Endereço: Avenida Conselheiro Borja, no.592" - Chinese profile: "學校地址: 青洲大馬路592號"
  18. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau, official website

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