Basilio do Nascimento
Basílio do Nascimento Martins (born 14 June 1950) is the East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop of Baucau.[1]
Basílio do Nascimento | |
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| Bishop of Baucau | |
 The bishop on the left. | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Baucau |
| See | Baucau |
| Appointed | 6 March 2004 |
| Other posts | President of the Timor Episcopal Conference (2012-) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 June 1977 by David de Sousa |
| Consecration | 6 January 1997 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Basílio do Nascimento |
| Born | 14 June 1950 Suai,  Portuguese Timor |
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| Alma mater | Institut Catholique de Paris |
| Motto | Et 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
- "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)
- Christalis, Irena. East Timor: A nation’s bitter dawn. Zed Books, London, 2009
- Gusmão, K. S. A woman of independence. Pan 2003. p. 277.
- "Reconciliation with Jakarta without justice is meaningless, says bishop of Baucau". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- UCANews April 6, 2018
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| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| 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 |