Catholic diocese covering Macau
The Diocese of Macau (
Portuguese : Diocese de Macau ;
Chinese : 天主教澳門教區 [
romanization needed ] ) 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 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:
on February 19, 1588, to establish the
Diocese of Funai (Japan)
on September 9, 1659,
Pope Alexander VII issued the papal bull Super cathedram principis apostolorum to establish and define the jurisdiction of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Tonkin (Northern Vietnam,
Laos and five adjacent provinces of southern China:
Yunnan ,
Guizhou ,
Huguang ,
Sichuan ,
Guangxi ), the
Apostolic Vicariate of Cochinchina (Central Vietnam and five provinces of southeastern China:
Zhejiang ,
Fujian ,
Guangdong ,
Jiangxi ,
Hainan ), and
Apostolic Vicariate of Nanjing (including five adjacent provinces:
Beijing ,
Shanxi ,
Shandong ,
Korea and Tartary).
[3]
[4]
In 1696, Pope Innocent XII returned the provinces of
Guangdong and
Guangxi , and the island of
Hainan to its authority.
[5]
on April 22, 1841, to establish the then-
Apostolic Prefecture of Hong Kong
on May 10, 1848, to establish the then-
Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi including
Hainan
[6]
on April 9, 1940, to establish the
Diocese of Díli (on
Timor )
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
The Bishop's House
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]
João de Casal (1690–1735)
Eugénio de Trigueiros,
O.E.S.A. (1735–1740), appointed
Archbishop of Goa
Hilário de Santa Rosa,
O.F.M. (1740–1752)
Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis (1753–1773), appointed
Bishop of Mariana
Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães (1773–1789)
Marcelino José da Silva (1789–1802)
Manuel de Santo Galdino, O.F.M. (1802–1804), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later
Archbishop of Goa
Francisco Chachim, O.F.M. Disc. (1804–1828)
Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja,
C.M. (1843–1845)
Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. (1845–1862)
Pereira Botelho do Amaral e Pimentel (1866–1871), appointed
Bishop of Angra
Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes (1874–1883), appointed
Bishop of Bragança e Miranda and later
Bishop of Portalegre
António Joaquim de Medeiros (1884–1897)
José Manuel de Carvalho (1897–1902), appointed
Bishop of Angra
João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro [
pt ;
zh ] (鮑理諾) (1902–1918)
José da Costa Nunes (1920–1940), appointed
Archbishop of Goa and Daman (elevated to
Cardinal in 1962)
João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. (1942–1953)
Policarpo da Costa Vaz (1954–1960), appointed
Bishop of Guarda
Paulo José Tavares (1961–1973)
Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (1976–1988)
Domingos Lam Ka-tseung (1988–2003)
José Lai Hung-seng (2003–2016)
Stephen Lee Bun-sang (2016–present)
Coadjutor bishops
Parishes
The diocese is divided in:
six parishes (five in
Macau Peninsula and one on
Taipa island):
two quasi-parishes, both on Macau Peninsula:
St. Francis Xavier, Mong Há
St. Joseph, Iao Hon
one mission (on
Coloane island):
St. Francis Xavier, Coloane
Schools
Escola do Santíssimo Rosário
The following schools are directly operated by the diocese:
Preschool through secondary school
Preschool through junior high school
Preschool and primary school
There are other Catholic schools in Macau which are operated by
Catholic orders.
See also
References
^
"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 .
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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."
^
"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.
^
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Northwestern University . 1981. p. 305.
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The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 7, Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660-1815 .
Cambridge University Press . p. 459.
ISBN
9780521816052 . 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
^ Couling, Samuel (1964).
The Encyclopedia Sinica . Literature House, Ltd. pp. 589–590.
ASIN
B00796PBNY .
^
a
b 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
^
a
b
Cultures of Conflict Resolution in Early Modern Europe . Taylor & Francis. May 2017. p. 170.
ISBN
9781134802647 .
^
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b
c
d
e
f Fernandes, Abriel (1886).
Macau e sua diocese: Bispos e governadores do Bispado Macau (in Portuguese). p. 7.
^ "
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"
^ "
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"
^ "
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"
^ "
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"
^
"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 .
^ "
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"
^ "
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"
^ "
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"
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