Basilio do Nascimento

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

The Most Reverend Basílio do Nascimento
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	(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 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

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

External links

• Basílio do Nascimento at catholic-hierarchy.org

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