Catholic community of Timor-Leste

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Catholic community religious community

The Catholic community of Timor-Leste is the predominantly Catholic population of the Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste, whose faith plays a central role in the country’s cultural identity, social life, and post-independence history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Catholic Church in East Timor	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic community ⓘ religious community ⓘ
associatedWithLeader	Alberto Ricardo da Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ Basilio do Nascimento NERFINISHED ⓘ Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgílio do Carmo da Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithNobelLaureate	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralCathedral	Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Dili NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPowerAssociatedWithEvangelization	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Timor-Leste NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice	integration of Catholic rituals with local customs ⓘ large public processions ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
devotion	Marian devotions ⓘ Our Lady of Fatima NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingChurchBody	Roman Catholic Church in Timor-Leste NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dili NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCardinal	Virgílio do Carmo da Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDiocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Baucau NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEcclesiasticalProvince	Ecclesiastical Province of Dili NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalInfluence	Portuguese colonization ⓘ
importantFeast	All Souls’ Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter NERFINISHED ⓘ Feast of the Immaculate Conception NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Portuguese ⓘ Tetum ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ
majorityReligionOf	Timor-Leste NERFINISHED ⓘ
patroness	Our Lady of Immaculate Conception NERFINISHED ⓘ
percentageOfPopulation	over 95% ⓘ
postIndependenceInfluence	shaping moral and political discourse in Timor-Leste ⓘ
recognizedBy	Constitution of Timor-Leste as having a special role ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
roleInHistory	important in post-independence nation-building ⓘ important in resistance to Indonesian occupation ⓘ
roleInSociety	central to cultural identity ⓘ central to social life ⓘ influential in politics ⓘ
socialRole	provider of education ⓘ provider of health services ⓘ provider of humanitarian aid ⓘ
supportedBy	lay movements ⓘ local clergy ⓘ religious orders ⓘ
usesLanguage	Indonesian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Tetum ⓘ local languages of Timor-Leste ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dili Cathedral → associatedWith → Catholic community of Timor-Leste ⓘ

Indonesian occupation of East Timor → opposedBy → Catholic community of Timor-Leste ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic Church in East Timor