|
Rector named to succeed Bishop Belo
Pope John Paul has named Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 60, who has been rector of the seminary in Dili since 2000, to succeed Bishop Carlos Belo as Bishop of Dili.
Bishop Belo, appointed in 1988, stepped down in November 2002, citing ill health.
He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1966 with then exiled resistance leader Jose Ramos-Horta, now East Timor’s Foreign Minister, for working towards a peaceful solution to the territory’s occupation by Indonesia.
Bishop da Silva, who was born in 1943, was ordained in 1972.
Thank you for visiting the Catholic Weekly Online. To read the full article, please subscribe to the print edition, or buy the paper for $1 at your local NSW Catholic church. Click here to email comments to the editor.
|