List of bishops of Macau

Portuguese Jesuit priest Melchior Miguel Carniero Leitão was appointed Titular Bishop of Nicaea on January 23, 1555. A year later (on January 26, 1576),[clarify] 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.[1]

Symbol

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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;.[2][3]

Responsibilities

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The Bishop of Macau is appointed as the spokesman of the Pope.[2] 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.[1]

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.[1][4][5]

Bishops

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Portuguese name
Chinese name 		Date/Place of birth Date of Appointment Commencement of episcopal duties Date of inauguration Date of resignation Died Remarks
1 Melchior Miguel Carniero Leitão, SJ
賈耐勞, apostolic administrator 		1519
Portugal 		1556 1560-12-15 1576 1581 [1] 1583-08-19
Macau 		[6]
2[clarification needed] Diogo Correia Valente, SJ
華倫他, apostolic administrator 		1568
Portugal 		1630 [2] 1618 [3] 1630 1633-10-22 [4] 1633-10-22
Macau
3 João de Casal, OSA
嘉素 		1641
Portugal 		1690-04-10 unknown 1692-06-20[7] 1735-09-20 [5] 1735-09-20
Macau 		[8]
4 Eugénio Trigueiros, OSA
德維智羅斯 		1684-01-09
Portugal 		1724 [6] 1727-12-07 1735-09-20 [7] [8] 1739-02-11 [9] 1741-04-19 [9]
5 Hilário de Santa Rosa OSA, OFM
羅沙 		1693-03-01
Portugal 		1739-02-11 1741-03-05 1742 1752-08-18 [10] 1764-03-30
Portugal 		[10]
6 Barolomeu Manuel Mendes dos Reis
孟定士 		1720-08-23
Portugal 		1753-01-29 1753-07-25 1754 1772-06-14 [11] 1799-03-07
Portugal 		[11]
7 OSA Guimarães
祁羅沙 		1727-07-21
Portugal 		1772-07-13 1773-09-19 1774 1782 [12] 1799-02-17
Portugal 		[12]
8 Marcelina José da Silva
施利華 		1749-01-16
Portugal 		1789-07-15 1790-01-07 [13] 1791 1802-09-16 [14] 1830-06-11
Portugal 		[13]
9 Manuel de São Galdino, OFM
賈定諾 		1769-04-18
Portugal 		1802-02-12 1803-03-27 1803 1804-08-20 [15] 1831-07-15 [14]
10 Francisco Chacim, OFM
查善 		1767-09-15
Portugal 		1804-03-26 1804-11 1805 1828-01-31[16] 1828-01-31
Macau 		[15]
11 Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, CM
栢朗古 		1777
Portugal 		1841-11-25 Unknown 1841 1845-03-28[17] 1845-03-28
Macau 		[16]
12 Jerónimo José da Mata, CM
馬他 		1804-12-18
Portugal 		1843-11-19 [18] 1846-12-21 1845-03-28 [19] 1862-09-25 [20] 1865-05-05
Portugal 		[17]
13 Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes
蘇沙 		1814-11-05
Portugal 		1873-06-25 1874-12-17 1877 1883-08-09 [21] 1887-09-07
Portugal 		[18]
14 António Joaquim de Medeiros
明德祿 		1846-10-15
Portugal 		1884-08-29 Unknown 1884 1897-01-07 [22] 1897-01-07
Timor 		[19]
15 José Manuel de Carvalho
嘉惠勞 		1844-09-16
Portugal 		1897-02-04 1897-08-29 1897 1902-06-09 [23] 1904-04-24
Portugal 		[20]
16 João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro
鮑理諾 		1852-02-04
Portugal 		1902-06-09 1902-12-27 1902 1918-02-17 [24] 1918-02-17
Macau 		[21]
17 José da Costa Nunes
高若瑟 		1880-03-15
Portugal 		1920-11-20 1921-11-20 1920 1940-12-11 [25] 1976-11-29
Italy 		[22]
18 João de Deus Ramalho, SJ
羅若望 		1890-01-08
Portugal 		1942-09-24 1942-11-06 1942 1953 [26] 1958-02-26
Portugal 		[23]
19 Policarpo da Costa Vaz
高德華 		1908-02-22
Portugal 		1954-01-29 1950-06-29 [27] 1954 1960-11-21 [28] 1984-01-04
Portugal 		[24]
20 Paulo José Tavares
戴維理 		1920-01-25
Portugal 		1961-08-19 1961-09-21 1961 1973-06-12 [29] 1973-06-12
Portugal 		[25]
21 Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa
高秉常 		1924-07-08
Portugal 		1976-01-20 1976-03-25 [30] 1976 1988-10-06 [31] [32] 2016-09-12
Portugal 		[26]
22 Domingos Lam Ka-tseung
林家駿 		1928-04-09
Hong Kong 		1987-05-26 ^ 1987-09-08 1988-10-06 ^ 2003-06-30 [33] 2009-07-27
Macau 		[27]
23 José Lai Hung-seng
黎鴻昇 		1946-02-14
Macau 		2001-03-20 ^ 2001-06-02 2003-06-30 ^ 2016-01-16 — [28][29]
24 Stephen Lee Bun-sang

李斌生

1956-11-10

Hong Kong

2016-01-16 — 2016-01-23 Incumbent —

Remarks

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Tse Tak Ian; Lao Yuk Heng; Ho Lao Yat Sing (2006). 天主教澳門教區主教簡介 (in Chinese). Macau: Macau Diocese Social Communication Center. ISBN 9993787701. Domingos Lam as the original author
  2. ^ a b Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). Vatican: Vatican Press. 1993.
  3. ^ "How a Bishop is Chosen". frpat.com. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  4. ^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Macau". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.self-published
  5. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Macau 澳門". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.self-published
  6. ^ "Bishop Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, Society of Jesus". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  7. ^ Fernandes, Abriel (1886). Macau e sua diocese: Bispos e governadores do Bispado Macau (in Portuguese). p. 8.
  8. ^ "Bishop João de Casal". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  9. ^ "Archbishop Eugénio Trigueiros". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  10. ^ "Bishop Hilário de Santa ROrder of Saint Augustine". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  11. ^ "Bishop Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  12. ^ "Bishop Alexandre da Silva PedrOrder of Saint Augustine". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  13. ^ "Bishop Marcelino José Da Silva". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  14. ^ "Archbishop Manuel Santo Galdino". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  15. ^ "Bishop Francisco Chacim (Chachim)". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  16. ^ "Father Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  17. ^ "Bishop Jerónimo José da Mata". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  18. ^ "Bishop Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  19. ^ "Bishop Antônio Joaquim de Medeiros". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  20. ^ "Bishop José Manuel de Carvalho". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  21. ^ "Bishop João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  22. ^ "José Cardinal da Costa Nuñes". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  23. ^ "Bishop João de Deus Ramalho". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  24. ^ "Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  25. ^ "Bishop Paulo José Tavares". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  26. ^ "Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  27. ^ "Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  28. ^ "Diocese de Macau". Diocese of Macau. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  29. ^ "Bishop José Lai Hung-seng". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
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