Basilio do Nascimento

Basílio do Nascimento Martins (born 14 June 1950) is the East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop of Baucau.[1]


Basílio do Nascimento
Bishop of Baucau
The bishop on the left.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseBaucau
SeeBaucau
Appointed6 March 2004
Other postsPresident of the Timor Episcopal Conference (2012-)
Orders
Ordination25 June 1977
by David de Sousa
Consecration6 January 1997
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Birth nameBasílio do Nascimento
Born (1950-06-14) 14 June 1950
Suai,  Portuguese Timor
Previous post
  • Titular Bishop of Septimunicia (1996-2004)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Baucau (1996-2004)
  • Apostolic Administrator of Díli (2002-04; 2015-16)
Alma materInstitut Catholique de Paris
MottoEt vocem Spiritu Sancto
("The voice of the Holy Spirit")

He was born in Suai, then Portuguese Timor. He later moved to Portugal, where he was ordained priest in Évora, in 1977. He worked for 20 years in Portugal and France before returning home in 1994, which was at the time under Indonesian occupation.[2]

He became apostolic administrator of the new Diocese of Baucau on 30 November 1996 and titular bishop on 6 January 1997. When Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo retired, Nascimento became apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Dili, until the new bishop of Dili, Alberto Ricardo da Silva, was introduced on 6 March 2004. Nascimento then became bishop of Baucau.

In October 1999, the President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance Xanana Gusmão thanked Bishop Nascimento for the support of the Church in the struggle for independence.[3]

Concerned that the names of the thousands of lives lost during Indonesia's occupation of the country will be forgotten in the name of reconciliation with Indonesia, on 21 January 2006 he said that reconciliation with Jakarta without justice is meaningless.[4]

On March 31, 2018, Nascimento collapsed during Mass at St. Anthony's Cathedral in Baucau and was rushed to Dili National Hospital. He recovered and was discharged on 4 April 2018. He is the head of the East Timor bishop's conference.[5]

References

  1. "Timor-Leste: Bispo de Baucau preocupado com "praga" de seitas religiosas no país". Lusa Agencia do noticias. 1 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.(in Portuguese)
  2. Christalis, Irena. East Timor: A nation’s bitter dawn. Zed Books, London, 2009
  3. Gusmão, K. S. A woman of independence. Pan 2003. p. 277.
  4. "Reconciliation with Jakarta without justice is meaningless, says bishop of Baucau". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. UCANews April 6, 2018
Catholic Church titles
New title Apostolic Administrator of Baucau
1996–2004
Succeeded by
Himself
as Bishop of Baucau
Preceded by
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Apostolic Administrator of Díli
2002–2004
Succeeded by
Alberto Ricardo da Silva
as Bishop of Díli
Preceded by
Himself
as Apostolic Administrator of Baucau
Bishop of Baucau
2004–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Alberto Ricardo da Silva
as Bishop of Díli
Apostolic Administrator of Díli
2015–2016
Succeeded by
Virgílio do Carmo da Silva
as Bishop of Díli


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