Melchior Carneiro
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Belchior Carneiro Leitão, SJ, often known as Melchior Carneiro was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary bishop. He was one of the first Jesuit bishops.
Bust of Belchior Carneiro in Macau
Diocese of Macau
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The Diocese of Macau is a Latin Church exempt ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church, in contrast with the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is, de jure, part of the Ecclesiastical Provi
Melchior Carneiro
…He arrived there in June 1568, thereby becoming the first consecrated bishop in the region of China and Japan. His work there was rewarded when the Diocese of Macau was established in 1576 by Pope Gregory XIII. The first papal nominee to be Bishop of Macau in 1576 was not Carneiro, but rather Diogo Nunes de Figueira…
Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady
The Bishop's House
Escola do Santíssimo Rosário