Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau was established on January 23, 1576 by the edict of Pope Gregory XIII. It originally covered China, Japan, Vietnam and the Malay archipelago, with the exception of the Philippines. It now only administers Macau alone, the last regions outside Macau under its administration were the parishes of Saint Joseph (Singapore) and Saint Peter (Malacca), which separated from the Diocese of Macau in 1981.

D. José Lai (黎鴻昇) is the current bishop, the first born in Macau and the second Chinese bishop (the first is Domingos Lam 林家駿). Its patron saints are Francis Xavier and Catherine of Siena, and its motto is Scientia et Virtus (Knowledge and Virtue).

The diocese is an immediate subject of the Holy See, instead of being in an ecclesiastical province. From its founding until 1975, the diocese was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Goa, but this was changed following Portugal's loss of sovereignty over Goa.

Parishes

The Diocese is divided in:

• six parishes (five in Macau Peninsula and one in Taipa island):
  • Cathedral Parish (主教座堂區)
  • St. Lazarus Parish (望德聖母堂區)
  • St. Anthony Parish (聖安多尼堂區)
  • St. Lawrence Parish (聖老楞佐堂區)
  • Our Lady Fatima Parish (花地瑪聖母堂區)
  • Our Lady of Carmel Parish (氹仔嘉模聖母堂區; in Taipa)
• two quasi-parishes (in Macau Peninsula):
  • St. Francis Xavier's church at Mong Há (望廈聖方濟各堂)
  • St. Joseph's church at Iao Hon (聖若瑟勞工主保堂)
• one mission (in Coloane island):
  • St. Francis Xavier's church in Coloane (路環聖方濟各堂)

List of Bishops

• Belchior Carneiro 賈耐勞主教 (1576–1581)  Portugal – administrator
  • Diogo Nunes de Figueira (1576–1578)  Portugal? – not possessed
• Leonardo Fernandes de Sá (1578–1597)  Portugal – possessed in 1581
• João Pinto da Piedade (1604–1623)  Portugal – possessed in 1608
• Diogo Correia Valente 華主教 (1630–1633)  Portugal
  • as Apostolic Administrator 1623–1630
• João de Casal 嘉主教 (1690-1735)  Portugal
• Eugénio de Trigueiros 德主教 (1735–1739)  Portugal
• Hilário de Santa Rosa 羅主教 (1739–1752)  Portugal
• Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis 孟主教 (1752–1772)  Portugal
• Alexandre Da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães 祁主教 (1772–1789)  Brazil
• Marcelino José Da Silva 施主教 (1789–1803)  Portugal
• Manuel de Santo Galdino 賈主教 (1802–1804)  Portugal
• Francisco Chachim 查主教 (1804–1828)  Portugal
• Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja 柏主教 (1843–1845)  Portugal?
• Jerónimo José de Mata 馬主教 (1845–1862)  Spain
• João Pereira Botlho do Amaral e Pimentel 蘇主教 (1873–1883)  Portugal
• Antonio Joaquim de Medeiros 明德祿主教 (1884–1897)  Portugal
• João Manuel de Carvalho 嘉惠勞主教 (1897–1902)  Portugal
• João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro 鮑理諾主教 (1902–1918)  Portugal
• José da Costa Nunes 高若瑟主教 (1920–1940)  Portugal
• João de Deus Ramalho 羅若望主教 (1942–1954)  Portugal
• Poicarpo da Costa Vaz 高德華主教 (1954–1960)  Portugal
• Paulo José Tavares 戴維理主教 (1961–1973)  Portugal
• Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa 高秉常主教 (1976–1988)  Portugal
• Domingos Lam 林家駿主教 (1988–2003)  United Kingdom
• José Lai 黎鴻昇主教 2003–present  Macau

Prelates

• Eugénio de Trigueiros 德主教 (1725–1735)  Portugal
• Jerónimo José de Mata 馬主教 (1844–1845)  Spain
• Domingos Lam 林家駿主教 (1987–1988)  Hong Kong
• José Lai 黎鴻昇主教 2001–2003  Macau

See also

• list of Macao-related topics

External links

• Diocese de Macau (Chinese)
• Giga-Catholic Information
•  "Macao". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
• UCAN Diocese profile