MACAU

MACAU
The diocese of Macau was erected in 1575 as a suffragan of the Indian archdiocese
of Goa.
At first it was the center of all catholic missionary activities in the whole Far
East, but later it only covered the Portuguese dependencies of Macau and East Timor
(1) and, at some times, parts of Southern China.
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Bishops

1845 - 1862   Jerónimo José de Mata                          1804 - 1865
1862 - 1866   vacant
1866 - 1871   João Pereira do Amaral e Pimentel              1815 -
1871 - 1874   vacant
1874 - 1883   Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Ennes                 1814 - 1887
1884 - 1897   Antonio Joaquim de Medeiros                    1... - 1897
1897 - 1902   José Manuel de Carvalho                        1844 -
1902 - 1918   João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro               1852 - 1918 
1918 - 1920   vacant
1920 - 1940   José da Costa Nuñes                            1880 - 1976
1940 - 1942   vacant
1942 - 1953   João de Dos Ramalho                            1890 - 1958

(1) Catholic missionary activities in East Timor started in 1562.
    The island was first under the jurisdiction of Malacca, but in 1875 it
    became subject to Macau. 
    In 1940 it was detached and organized into the new diocese of Dili, whose
    first bishop however only toke office at the end of 1945. 


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