Archdiocese of Dili
Archdiocese of Dili | |
Basic data | |
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Country | East Timor |
Ecclesiastical province | Dili |
Diocesan bishop | Virgílio do Carmo da Silva SDS |
Apostolic Administrator Emeritus | Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDS |
founding | 1940 |
surface | 4,775 km² |
Parishes | 30 (September 11, 2019) |
Residents | 667,331 (September 11, 2019) |
Catholics | 630,176 (September 11, 2019) |
proportion of | 94.4% |
Diocesan priest | 63 (September 11, 2019) |
Religious priest | 86 (September 11, 2019) |
Catholics per priest | 4,229 |
Friars | 132 (September 11, 2019) |
Religious sisters | 432 (September 11, 2019) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Tetum |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Imaculada Conceição) |
Website | http://diocesededili.org/ |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Baucau Diocese of Maliana |
The Archdiocese of Dili ( Latin : Dioecesis Diliensis ) is the older diocese in the Southeast Asian state of East Timor . The seat is in the state capital Dili . The archbishopric is the metropolitan seat of the eponymous church province, which was formed with effect from September 11, 2019. The archbishopric includes the parishes of Dili , Aileu , Ainaro , Ermera , Manufahi and the special administrative region of Oe-Cusse Ambeno .
history
The diocese of Dili was separated from the previous diocese of Macau with the papal bull Solemnibus Conventionubus on September 4, 1940, and at that time included the entire colony of Portuguese Timor . Jaime Garcia Goulart was appointed Apostolic Administrator on January 18, 1941 . He was a commissioner in Dili from 1933 to 1937. On October 12, 1945 he was nominated as the first bishop of Dili, his episcopal ordination took place on October 28, 1945 in Sydney , where he had fled during the Battle of Timor . On December 9, 1945 Goulart entered Dili with a solemn ceremony after the colony was liberated. The pastoral structures, such as the old cathedral from 1909 and many other churches, had been destroyed in the war. Until the inauguration of the Catedral da Imaculada Conceição in 1989, the church of Santo António de Motael took over the function .
On November 30, 1996 Baucau was separated as a separate diocese, on January 30, 2010 the diocese of Maliana .
Pope Francis elevated the diocese of Dili to the rank of archbishopric on September 11, 2019 and subordinated the dioceses of Baucau and Maliana as suffragan dioceses to him .
Bishops of Dili | |
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Jaime Garcia Goulart | October 12, 1945 - January 31, 1967 ( resigned ) Apostolic administrator since January 18, 1941 |
José Joaquim Ribeiro | January 31, 1967 - October 22, 1977 (resigned) |
Martinho da Costa Lopes | Apostolic Administrator , 1977 - May 1983 |
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo | Apostolic Administrator, March 21, 1988 - November 26, 2002 |
Basílio do Nascimento | Apostolic Administrator, November 26, 2002 - March 6, 2004 (then Bishop of Baucau) |
Alberto Ricardo da Silva | February 27, 2004 - February 9, 2015 (resigned) |
Virgílio do Carmo da Silva SDS | January 30, 2016 - September 11, 2019 |
Archbishops of Dili | |
Virgílio do Carmo da Silva SDS | since September 11, 2019 |
Development of the number of believers | ||
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year | Number of Catholics | Share in the total population |
1949 | 38.034 | 9.0% |
1970 | 164.178 | 26.5% |
1980 | 213,000 | 28.8% |
1990 | 583.079 | 81.6% |
2001 | 504.299 | 93.4% |
2013 | 561,135 | 94.9% |
2019 | 630.176 | 94.4% |
Facilities
The Archdiocese of Dili runs the Instituto Filosofia e Teologia Dom Jaime Garcia Goulart (ISFIT). The Archdiocese also includes the radio station Radio Timor Kmanek and the television production center Centro Televisivo Diocese Dili . Seara magazine has a long tradition .
Communities
Vicariate of Ermera | |||
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image | Parish | Patron saint | Article on the Church |
Atsabe | São José | ||
Ermera | Nossa Senhora de Lourdes | ||
Gleno | Nossa Senhora de Graça | ||
Hatulia | Sao Francisco Xavier | ||
Letefoho | Nossa Senhora do Carmo | ||
Railaco | Nossa Senhora de Fátima |
Vicariate of Same | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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image | Parish | Patron saint | Article on the Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aileu | S. Pedro e S. Paulo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ainaro | Nossa Senhora de Fátima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alas | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maubisse | - | Sao Mateus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fatuberlio | Sao Francisco de Assis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Remexio | São José Operario (Saint Joseph the Worker) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seed | Nossa Senhora de Assunção | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hato-Udo | Nossa Senhora de Lourdes |
Vicariate of Oe-Cusse | |||
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image | Parish | Patron saint | Article on the Church |
Oe-Cusse | Nossa Senhora do Rosario de Fátima | ||
Padiae | Sao Miguel Arcanjo | ||
Oesilo | Sagrado Coração de Jesus | ||
Baocnana | Nossa Senhora de Fátima |
See also
On the history of the Catholic Church in East Timor:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Dili (Timor Oriental) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 11, 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ Arnold S. Kohen: From the Place of the Dead , 1999. ISBN 0-7459-5010-8
- ↑ Erezione della Diocesi di Maliana (Timor Orientale) e Nomina del primo Vescovo , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 30, 2010.
- ^ Pope Benedict XVI .: Apostolic Constitution Malianensis , January 30, 2010
- ↑ erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Dili (Timor Oriental) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 11, 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ Diocese of Dili: Instituto Filosofia e Teologia (ISFIT-Interdiocesano) , accessed on March 6, 2018.
- ^ Diocese of Dili: Rádio Timor Kmanek , accessed March 6, 2018.
- ^ Diocese of Dili: Centro Televisivo Diocese Dili , accessed on March 6, 2018.
- ^ Diocese of Dili: [1] , accessed on September 23, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d Archdiocese of Dili: Paroaquias , accessed on June 23, 2020.
Coordinates: 8 ° 33 '30.2 " S , 125 ° 34' 3.4" E