Catholic Church in East Timor
The Catholic Church in East Timor is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Since its independence from Indonesia, East Timor became only the second predominantly Catholic country in Asia (after the Philippines), a legacy of its status as a former Portuguese colony.
Catholic Church in East Timor | |
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| Portuguese: Igreja Católica em Timor-Leste Tetum: Igreja Katólika iha Timor-Leste Indonesian: Gereja Katolik di Timor Leste | |
| Type | National polity |
| Classification | Catholic |
| Orientation | Latin |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Theology | Catholic theology |
| Governance | Episcopal Conference of Timor |
| Pope | Francis |
| Apostolic Nuncio | vacant |
| Region | East Timor |
| Language | Tetum, Indonesian, Portuguese, Latin |
| Origin | 1515 Pre-colonial Timor (Later Portuguese Timor, Portuguese Empire) |
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About 98.3% of the population was Catholic in East Timor in 2016, which meant over 1,000,000 faithful.
The country was divided into three dioceses: Dili, Baucau and Maliana (erected in 2010). These dioceses are immediately subject to the Holy See.
The Apostolic Nunciature to East Timor is Marco Sprizzi, who took over from Wojciech Załuski in 2022.
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