Diocese of Funchal
| Diocese of Funchal | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Lisbon |
| Diocesan bishop | Nuno Brás da Silva Martins |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Teodoro de Faria Antonio José Cavaco Carrilho |
| surface | 782 km² |
| Parishes | 96 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 268,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 257,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 95.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 70 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,622 |
| Friars | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 141 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção |
| Website | www.diocesedofunchal.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal ( Latin Dioecesis Funchalensis , Portuguese Diocese de Funchal ) is in Portugal situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Funchal on Madeira .
history
Development of the diocese
The diocese of Funchal was established on January 12, 1514 by Pope Leo X. with the Apostolic Constitution and the Papal Bull Pro excellenti praeeminentia from cession of the Archdiocese of Tangier and subordinated to the Patriarchate of Lisbon as a suffragan . The jurisdiction of the Order of Christ over the Portuguese overseas territories was also revoked and transferred to the newly established diocese on Madeira .
The diocese of Funchal was raised to an archbishopric by Pope Clement VII on January 31, 1533 and the dioceses newly founded from its territory are subordinate to him:
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- Archdiocese of Funchal (January 1533 - July 1551)
- Diocese of Goa (since January 1533)
- Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde (since January 1533)
- Diocese of Angra (since November 1534)
- Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe (since November 1534)
- Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (since February 1551)
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The largest in terms of area and the most significant in terms of ecclesiastical history was the Diocese of Goa, which encompassed the entire territory from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan .
On July 3, 1551, the Archdiocese of Funchal was by Pope Julius III. downgraded to the diocese and subordinated to the Patriarchate of Lisbon as a suffragan. In 1763 the diocese of Funchal gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Senegal . Another assignment of territory took place on January 22, 1842 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of the two Guineas and Senegambia .
Sexual abuse in the diocese of Funchal
On the night of May 2, 1992 there was a case of abuse resulting in death in the diocese . In 1993, the Brazilian priest was Frederico Cunha ORC , Member of the angels work , the district court in Santa Cruz for completed murder and attempted sexual abuse of young people to a term of imprisonment convicted of thirteen years, although a number of the Engelwerk nationals priests had tried to witness for false testimony to instigate and Bishop Teodoro de Faria protested against Cunha's arrest. In April 1998, Cunha fled to Rio de Janeiro while on temporary leave . At least until February 2016, Cunha remained incardinated in the diocese of Funchal .
In November 2017, the journalist António Fontes pointed to the continued activity of pedagogical criminal priests in the diocese of Funchal and referred to the latter in this context as "dung heap" (literally monte de esterco ). Despite Cunha's final convictions, no church sentence was imposed on him (as of February 2019), and other cases of abuse in the diocese remained unresolved.
In the summer of 2018, the priest Anastácio Alves, who was suspected of being a pedagogue for the third time and who had been suspended from office by the former Bishop António José Cavaco Carrilho, disappeared without a trace. Allegations of abuse from the years 2005 and 2007, during the episcopate of Bishop Teodorio Faria, had not been cleared up; Like Cunha, Alves was only transferred from Faria. The latest allegations against Alves had been withheld from the police by the Roman Catholic Church; This only found out about the suspicion of child abuse by Alves through the Child and Youth Protection Commission of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice . The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith did not initiate proceedings against Alves either. As of March 2019, Alves could not be questioned by the local bishopric about the criminal charges .
See also
Web links
- Official Website (Portuguese)
- Entry for the diocese of Funchal on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Axtmann: Engelwerk: Murder on Madeira. In: Kirche intern , May 1995, p. 41 f.
- ^ Ribeiro Cardoso: Jardim, a grande fraude. Editorial Caminho 2011, ISBN 9789722124065 . Chapter from Pornografia e homossexualidade on Google Books
- ^ Roberto Ferreira: Um caminho sem retorno. Diário de Notícias , September 2, 2018
- ↑ Manuel Catarino: Os pecados mortais do Padre Frederico ( Memento of December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), in Correio da Manhã , May 20, 2006, in the Internet Archive
- ↑ Ricardo Soares: Terceiro Escándalo sexual na Igreja da Madeira . ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Tribuna da Madeira of April 9, 2014
- ↑ Miguel Silva: Padre Frederico: “Não penso regressar, mas podia voltar e rezar missa”. Diário de Notícias of February 13, 2016
- ^ Carlos Diogo Santos: A nova vida do padre Frederico. . Revista Sol from July 24, 2015
- ^ António Fontes: O ferrari do padre Giselo. Diário de Notícias , November 19, 2017
- ↑ Élvio Passos: Investigação do Observador conclui que Igreja portuguesa esconde casos de abusos sexuais incluindo na Madeira. Diário de Notícias, February 15, 2019
- ↑ João Francisco Gomes, Sónia Simões: Padre suspeito de abusos sexuais continua desaparecido. Bispo do Funchal not o consegue interrogar. Observador on March 25, 2019