Archdiocese of Díli Archidioecesis Diliensis Archdiocese de Díli | |
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Location | |
Country | Timor-Leste |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Díli |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,755 km2 (1,836 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 591,425 561,135 (94.9%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established |
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Cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B. |
Map | |
Location of the Diocese of Díli |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Díli (Latin : Archidioecesis Diliensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Díli in Timor-Leste. [1]
The country's only major seminary, the Seminary of SS Peter and Paul, is located within the diocese. [2]
In 1983 Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo S.D.B. took over the administration of the Dili diocese. Then the only diocese in the territory, the 700,000 Catholics were divided into 30 parishes administered by 71 priests. [3]
In 2017 the diocese has 28 parishes with 585,958 Catholics. [4] In 2019 it had grown to 30 parishes in the five districts of Dili, Ermera, Aielu, Ainaro and Manufahi. It has 149 priests, including 63 diocesan priests, 86 religious priests, 132 brothers and 432 nuns.
On 11 September 2019, Pope Francis elevated Díli to the status of a metropolitan archdiocese; the Ecclesiastical Province of Díli will have two suffragan sees, the Dioceses of Baucau and Maliana. Bishop da Silva of Díli will be raised to the rank of archbishop. [5]
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo or Ximenes Belo is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Díli from 1988 to 2002. In 1996, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with José Ramos-Horta for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". He is a professed member of the Salesians.
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