Diocese of Maliana, Timor-Leste

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Maliana / Malianen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Díli

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2010.01.30: Established as Diocese of Maliana / Malianen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Díli)
2019.09.11: Became suffragan of Díli

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.01.30 – ...):

Bishop Norberto Do Amaral (68)

President of Episcopal Conference of Timor

Ordinaries

Bishops of Maliana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Norberto Do Amaral (68)
(2010.01.30 – ...)

Bishop of Maliana (Timor-Leste)
President of Episcopal Conference of Timor

Veritas in caritate

Born:	1956.02.17 (Ainaro, Timor-Leste)
Ordained Priest:	1988.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.24

Priest of Díli (Timor-Leste) (1988.10.18 – 2010.01.30)

Bishop of Maliana (Timor-Leste) (2010.01.30 – ...)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Timor (2012.03 – 2019?)

President of Episcopal Conference of Timor (2019 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Maliana, Bobonaro

Churches by City (11)

Atambua (←), Díli (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,142 km²

Population: 290,850 Catholics (97.7% of 297,620 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 65 missions

Personnel: 50 priests (22 diocesan, 28 religious), 194 religious (73 brothers, 121 sisters), 58 seminarians

Diocese of

Maliana UCA 𝐖