Diocese of Macau

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Diocese of Macau canonical 1
Diocese of Macau and Timor 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Church jurisdiction ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
borderingEcclesiasticalJurisdiction Diocese of Hong Kong ⓘ
Diocese of Zhuhai ⓘ
cathedral Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady ⓘ
cathedralCity Macau ⓘ
country China ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
established 1576 ⓘ
establishedBy Pope Gregory XIII ⓘ
firstBishop Melchior Carneiro ⓘ
formerTerritoryIncluded Japan ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Timor ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam

parts of China ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Macau ⓘ
hasBasilica St. Lawrence’s Church ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution University of Saint Joseph ⓘ
hasHistoricChurch St. Anthony’s Church ⓘ
St. Dominic’s Church ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Ruins of St. Paul’s ⓘ
hasReligiousOrderPresence Canossian Daughters of Charity ⓘ
Salesians of Don Bosco ⓘ
Society of Jesus ⓘ
hasSeminary Seminary of St. Joseph ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Macau Special Administrative Region ⓘ
linked to: Macau

Pearl River Delta ⓘ
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Guangzhou ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest Catholic dioceses in East Asia ⓘ
papalBull Super specula militantis Ecclesiae ⓘ
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Guangzhou ⓘ
patronSaint Our Lady of the Nativity ⓘ
Saint Francis Xavier ⓘ
linked to: Francis Xavier
region South China ⓘ
linked to: southern China
rite Roman Rite ⓘ
suiIurisChurch Latin Church ⓘ
territoryIncludes Coloane ⓘ
Macau Peninsula ⓘ
Taipa ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf Holy See ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Archdiocese of Braga → metropolitanSeeOf → Diocese of Macau ⓘ
Archdiocese of Braga → metropolitanSeeOf → Diocese of Macau and Timor ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Macau