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Diocese of Macau

Dioecesis Macaonensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Stephen Lee Bun Sang, Bishop
  • José Lai Hung-seng, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 23 January 1576
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: China
  • Square Kilometers: 33 (12 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.catholic.org.mo/
  • Mailing Address: Paco Episcopal, Largo da Se, Macau, China
  • Telephone: 8397-5225
  • Fax: 2830-9861

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 January 1576ErectedDiocese of Malacca Diocese of Macau (erected)
1588Territory LostDiocese of Macau Diocese of Funay (Funai) (erected)
1659Territory LostDiocese of Macau Vicariate Apostolic of Cochin {Cocincina} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tonking (erected)
30 September 1660Territory LostDiocese of Macau Vicariate Apostolic of Nanking [Nanjing] (erected)
10 April 1690Territory LostDiocese of Macau Diocese of Peking [Beijing] (erected)
22 April 1841Territory LostDiocese of Macau Prefecture Apostolic of Hong Kong [Xianggang] (erected)
11 May 1848Territory LostDiocese of Macau Prefecture Apostolic of Kouangtong (Kwangtung, Guangdong) (erected)
4 September 1940Territory LostDiocese of Macau (Island of Timor under the control of the Portuguese Republic) Diocese of Díli (erected)
1 January 1976Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Macau (from Goa e Damão)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195023,0004,800,000.5%463076302477028ap1951
197026,000169,29915.4%4435793295320921ap1971
197839,010300,63613.0%383573534532018ap1981
199021,539456,0004.7%383472299471588ap1991
199928,015430,5006.5%4142833374917911ap2000
200029,139438,0006.7%424587334561766ap2001
200129,850438,0006.8%274572414621768ap2002
200219,903435,0004.6%274370284611838ap2003
200318,122441,6004.1%245276238641718ap2004
200418,122446,0004.1%245276238621838ap2005
201329,611582,0005.1%2365883361241889ap2014
201630,314646,8004.7%195069439981959ap2017
201931,336653,1004.8%2074943331121849ap2020
202131,674679,6004.7%1960794001141549ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 231
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 127
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 307

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