Metropolitan see Díli, Timor-Leste
Archdiocese of Díli
Dilien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering the East Timorese capital and seven municipalities, erected as a diocese on 4 September 1940 and elevated to archdiocese on 11 September 2019. Its suffragans are Baucau and Maliana; the seat is Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Dili.
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- Established
- 1940
- Catholics
- 740,250
- Priests
- 74
- Territory
- 4,755 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B.
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The cathedral
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili stands in Díli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Centered on Dili, Timor-Leste's capital and largest city, the Archdiocese of Dili (Latin: Archidioecesis Diliensis; Portuguese: Arquidiocese de Díli; Tetum: Arkidioseze Dili) is the oldest of the country's three dioceses, established by Pope Pius XII in 1940. Pope Francis raised this Latin Church see to a metropolitan archdiocese in 2019, and it now counts two suffragan dioceses, Baucau and Maliana.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
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- Nuncio presides over Mass for remains of 3 former Díli diocese leaders
- Núncio Apostólico presides over Mass for former Diocese of Díli leaders
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- Dom Leandro calls Mons. Martinho Figura important figure in Timorese Christian history
- Archdiocese of Díli celebrates 39th anniversary of Fatubessi shrine
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