List of bishops of Macau explained

Portuguese Jesuit priest Melchior Miguel Carniero Leitão was appointed Titular Bishop of Nicaea Pope Gregory XIII issued an edict for the establishment of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau, where Leitão served - he was appointed the first bishop of Macau, a position he occupied till 1581.

No bishop of the diocese had been appointed archbishop or cardinal until Eugénio de Trigueiros and José da Costa Nunes were appointed as archbishops, following a re-designation by the Pope.

Symbol

All Catholic bishops are appointed by the Pope, and are considered to be messengers (successors of the Apostles) as defined in the catechism of the Catholic Church;.[1] [2]

Responsibilities

The Bishop of Macau is appointed as the spokesman of the Pope. He is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Macau, which he administers on behalf of the Pope. He is also responsible for the pastoral and charitable work that is carried out within the Diocese.[3]

Initially, the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Macau included China, Japan, Hong Kong, the Korean Peninsula and neighbouring areas. However, with development and the increasing need for pastoral work, the Vatican has since established more than 600 other Roman Catholic dioceses in the region. Presently, the diocese has jurisdiction over six parishes and three quasi-parishes in the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane.[4] [5]

Bishops

width=2% Portuguese name
Chinese name		width=11% Date/Place of birthwidth=11% Date of Appointment width=11% Commencement of episcopal duties width=11% Date of inaugurationwidth=11% Date of resignation width=11% DiedRemarks
1Melchior Miguel Carniero Leitão, SJ
Chinese: 賈耐勞, apostolic administrator		1519
Portugal		1556 1560-12-1515761581 1583-08-19
Macau		[6]
2 Diogo Correia Valente, SJ
Chinese: 華倫他, apostolic administrator		1568
Portugal		1630 1618 16301633-10-22 1633-10-22
Macau
3 João de Casal, OSA
Chinese: 嘉素		1641
Portugal		1690-04-10 unknown1692-06-20[7] 1735-09-20 1735-09-20
Macau		[8]
4 Eugénio Trigueiros, OSA
Chinese: 德維智羅斯		1684-01-09
Portugal		1724 1727-12-071735-09-20 1739-02-11 1741-04-19[9]
5 Hilário de Santa Rosa OSA, OFM
Chinese: 羅沙		1693-03-01
Portugal		1739-02-111741-03-0517421752-08-18 1764-03-30
Portugal		[10]
6 Barolomeu Manuel Mendes dos Reis
Chinese: 孟定士		1720-08-23
Portugal		1753-01-29 1753-07-2517541772-06-14 1799-03-07
Portugal		[11]
7 OSA Guimarães
Chinese: 祁羅沙 		1727-07-21
Portugal		1772-07-131773-09-1917741782 1799-02-17
Portugal		[12]
8 Marcelina José da Silva
Chinese: 施利華 		1749-01-16
Portugal		1789-07-15 1790-01-07 17911802-09-16 1830-06-11
Portugal		[13]
9 Manuel de São Galdino, OFM
Chinese: 賈定諾		1769-04-18
Portugal		1802-02-121803-03-27 18031804-08-20 1831-07-15[14]
10 Francisco Chacim, OFM
Chinese: 查善		1767-09-15
Portugal		1804-03-26 1804-1118051828-01-311828-01-31
Macau		[15]
11 Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, CM
Chinese: 栢朗古		1777
Portugal		1841-11-25Unknown18411845-03-281845-03-28
Macau		[16]
12 Jerónimo José da Mata, CM
Chinese: 馬他		1804-12-18
Portugal 		1843-11-19 1846-12-211845-03-28 1862-09-25 1865-05-05
Portugal		[17]
13 Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes
Chinese: 蘇沙 		1814-11-05
Portugal		1873-06-251874-12-1718771883-08-09 1887-09-07
Portugal		[18]
14 António Joaquim de Medeiros
Chinese: 明德祿 		1846-10-15
Portugal		1884-08-29Unknown18841897-01-07 1897-01-07
Timor		[19]
15 José Manuel de Carvalho
Chinese: 嘉惠勞 		1844-09-16
Portugal		1897-02-04 1897-08-2918971902-06-09 1904-04-24
Portugal		[20]
16 João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro
Chinese: 鮑理諾 		1852-02-04
Portugal		1902-06-09 1902-12-2719021918-02-17 1918-02-17
Macau		[21]
17 José da Costa Nunes
Portuguese: 高若瑟 		1880-03-15
Portugal		1920-11-20 1921-11-2019201940-12-11 1976-11-29
Italy		[22]
18 João de Deus Ramalho, SJ
Chinese: 羅若望		1890-01-08
Portugal		1942-09-24 1942-11-0619421953 1958-02-26
Portugal		[23]
19 Policarpo da Costa Vaz
Chinese: 高德華 		1908-02-22
Portugal		1954-01-29 1950-06-29 19541960-11-21 1984-01-04
Portugal		[24]
20 Paulo José Tavares
Chinese: 戴維理 		1920-01-25
Portugal		1961-08-19 1961-09-2119611973-06-12 1973-06-12
Portugal		[25]
21 Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa
Chinese: 高秉常 		1924-07-08
Portugal		1976-01-20 1976-03-25 1976 1988-10-06 2016-09-12
Portugal		[26]
22 Domingos Lam Ka-tseung
Chinese: 林家駿 		1928-04-09
Hong Kong		1987-05-26 1987-09-081988-10-06 2003-06-30 2009-07-27
Macau		[27]
23José Lai Hung-seng
Portuguese: 黎鴻昇		1946-02-14
Macau		2001-03-20 2001-06-022003-06-30 2016-01-16 - [28] [29]
24 Stephen Lee Bun-sang

李斌生

1956-11-10

Hong Kong

2016-01-16 - 2016-01-23Incumbent -

Remarks

  1. appointed as auxiliary bishop
  2. appointed as Assisting Bishop
  3. possessed, as taking the responsibility of the position
  4. date of assumption of office
  5. due to resignation
  6. due to his decease
  7. date of acting or assuming office
  8. resignation accepted by Pope due to retirement
  9. transferred to Portugal
  10. appointed as Acting Bishop in 1623
  11. as Bishop of Japan
  12. inaugurated in 1738
  13. appointed Archbishop of Diocese of Goa
  14. transferred to Brasil and left Macau in 1765
  15. arrived Macau in 1791
  16. appointed Assistant Archbishop of Goa
  17. transferred to Azores
  18. appointed Archbishop of the Diocese of Goa and Dammam
  19. baptized as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Porto
  20. Acting Bishop in 1963 and 1965, he was elected as Acting Bishop on June 14, 1975
  21. Emeritus Bishop of Macau

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) . 1993 . . Vatican.
  2. Web site: How a Bishop is Chosen . frpat.com . 2010-05-28 .
  3. Book: Tse Tak Ian . Lao Yuk Heng . Ho Lao Yat Sing . zh:天主教澳門教區主教簡介 . 2006 . Macau Diocese Social Communication Center . Macau . 9993787701 . zh. Domingos Lam as the original author.
  4. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Macau. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. March 25, 2018.
  5. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Diocese of Macau 澳門. GCatholic.org. March 25, 2018.
  6. Web site: Bishop Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, Society of Jesus . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19 .
  7. Book: Fernandes, Abriel. Macau e sua diocese: Bispos e governadores do Bispado Macau. 8. 1886. Portuguese.
  8. Web site: Bishop João de Casal . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  9. Web site: Archbishop Eugénio Trigueiros . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  10. Web site: Bishop Hilário de Santa ROrder of Saint Augustine . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  11. Web site: Bishop Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  12. Web site: Bishop Alexandre da Silva PedrOrder of Saint Augustine . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  13. Web site: Bishop Marcelino José Da Silva . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  14. Web site: Archbishop Manuel Santo Galdino . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  15. Web site: Bishop Francisco Chacim (Chachim) . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  16. Web site: Father Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  17. Web site: Bishop Jerónimo José da Mata . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  18. Web site: Bishop Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  19. Web site: Bishop Antônio Joaquim de Medeiros . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  20. Web site: Bishop José Manuel de Carvalho . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  21. Web site: Bishop João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  22. Web site: José Cardinal da Costa Nuñes . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  23. Web site: Bishop João de Deus Ramalho . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  24. Web site: Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  25. Web site: Bishop Paulo José Tavares . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  26. Web site: Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2014-04-19.
  27. Web site: Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung . Catholic-Hierarchy . 2010-01-14 .
  28. Web site: Diocese de Macau. Diocese of Macau. 2010-05-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20110122053014/http://www.catholic.org.mo/mainpage/Bishop/Bishop/bishop.htm. 2011-01-22. dead.
  29. Web site: Bishop José Lai Hung-seng. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2010-05-19.

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