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Diocese of Baucau

Dioecesis Baucana



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Bishop(s)

  • Leandro Maria Alves, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 30 November 1996
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Díli
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Timor-Leste
  • Square Kilometers: 5,097 (1,968 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Travessa Santo Antonio, Vila Antiga, Baucau 88810, Timor Leste
  • Telephone: 7726.41.85

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
30 November 1996ErectedDiocese of Díli (Eastern part) Diocese of Baucau (erected)
11 September 2019Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Baucau (from Immediately Subject to Dili)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1998208,279224,91792.6%1223355,95026779ap2001
2001245,748253,95996.8%1719366,82636819ap2002
2002253,120265,38995.4%1223357,23246869ap2007
2012351,000366,00095.9%2734615,7541629618ap2013
2015316,734333,48595.0%3539744,28023117420ap2016
2018320,255322,30099.4%3134654,927121412621ap2019
2020386,692395,17797.9%3437715,446128318022ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 89, Page 86
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 111, Page 1,505, and Page 1,506

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