Paulino Fernandes Madeca

Paulino Fernandes Madeca
	Bishop of Cabinda
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Cabinda
In office	2 July 1984 – 11 February 2005
Predecessor	Diocese erected
Successor	Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias
Previous posts	Titular Bishop of Egnatia (1983-1984); Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda (1983-1984)
Orders
Ordination	20 July 1958
Consecration	9 October 1983; by Fortunato Baldelli
Personal details
Born	28 November 1927; Povo Grande, Cabinda, Protectorate of Portuguese Congo, Portuguese Empire
Died	9 January 2008 (aged 80); Luanda, Angola

Paulino Fernandes Madeca (born 28 November 1927, Chingolo, Cabinda, Angola; died 9 January 2008, Luanda, Angola) was a Catholic Bishop of Cabinda.

Life

Madeca entered a seminary in 1940. He subsequently studied theology and philosophy in Luanda and was ordained to the priesthood on 20 July 1958.

On 22 July 1983 Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Egnatia and auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda. He was consecrated by Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, on 9 October of the same year; coconsecrating were Eduardo André Muaca, Archbishop of Luanda, and Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga, Bishop of Benguela. On 2 July 1984 he was transferred to the Diocese of Cabinda.

Madeca resigned on 11 February 2005. He died on 9 January 2008, at the Military Hospital of Luanda; he is buried in Cabinda.