Diocese of Macau

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Latin Church jurisdiction Roman Catholic diocese

The Diocese of Macau is a historic Roman Catholic jurisdiction in Macau, China, established in the 16th century as one of the earliest dioceses in East Asia and a key center for Catholic missionary activity in the region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Diocese of Macau and Timor	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin Church jurisdiction ⓘ Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
borderingEcclesiasticalJurisdiction	Diocese of Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Zhuhai NERFINISHED ⓘ
cathedral	Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ
cathedralCity	Macau NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
established	1576 ⓘ
establishedBy	Pope Gregory XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstBishop	Melchior Carneiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerTerritoryIncluded	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of China ⓘ
governedBy	Bishop of Macau NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBasilica	St. Lawrence’s Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	University of Saint Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricChurch	St. Anthony’s Church NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Dominic’s Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Ruins of St. Paul’s NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligiousOrderPresence	Canossian Daughters of Charity NERFINISHED ⓘ Salesians of Don Bosco NERFINISHED ⓘ Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeminary	Seminary of St. Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	base for Jesuit missions to China ⓘ base for missions to Japan ⓘ base for missions to Southeast Asia ⓘ major center of Catholic missionary activity in East Asia ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ Macau NERFINISHED ⓘ Macau Special Administrative Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Pearl River Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
metropolitanSee	Archdiocese of Guangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the earliest Catholic dioceses in East Asia ⓘ
papalBull	Super specula militantis Ecclesiae NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronSaint	Our Lady of the Nativity NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Francis Xavier NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	South China NERFINISHED ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
suiIurisChurch	Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Coloane NERFINISHED ⓘ Macau Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Taipa NERFINISHED ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf	Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Archdiocese of Braga → metropolitanSeeOf → Diocese of Macau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diocese of Macau and Timor