Bishop Carlos Belo (left)

Styles of Carlos Belo

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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB (born February 3, 1948) is a Roman Catholic bishop who received, together with José Ramos Horta, the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, for their work "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". Photo of Carlos Belo File links The following pages link to this file: Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo Image:Carlosbelo. ... Image File history File links Patriarchal_or_Archbishop_Cross. ... A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... The Reverend is an honorary prefix to the names of most Christian clergy and ministers. ... His / Her Excellency is an honorific title given to certain high-ranking political officials. ... Monsignor is an ecclesiastical honorific used by certain priests and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... José Manuel Ramos Horta (born December 26, 1949) has been Foreign Minister of East Timor since independence in 2002, having previously been a spokesman for the East Timorese resistance in exile during the years of Indonesian occupation between 1975 and 1999. ... The Nobel Peace Prize Medal featuring a portrait of Alfred Nobel Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ...

The fifth child of Domingos Vaz Filipe and Ermelinda Baptista Filipe, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was born in the village of Wailakama, near Vemasse, on the north coast of East Timor. His father, a schoolteacher, died two years later. His childhood years were spent in Catholic schools at Baucau and Ossu, before he proceeded to the Dare minor seminary, outside Dili, from which he graduated in 1968. From 1969 until 1981, apart from periods of practical training (1974-1976) back in East Timor and in Macau, he was in Portugal and Rome where, having become a member of the Salesian Society, he studied philosophy and theology before being ordained a priest in 1980. Baucau is the second largest city in East Timor, after the capital, Dili. ... Dili, also spelled Díli, Dilli or Dilly, is the capital of East Timor. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St. ...

Returning to East Timor in July 1981 he became a teacher for 20 months, then Director for two months, at the Salesian College at Fatumaca.

On the resignation of Martinho da Costa Lopes in 1983, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Dili diocese, becoming head of the East Timor church and directly responsible to the Pope. In 1988 he was consecrated a Bishop (of Lorium, Italy). Martinho da Costa Lopes (1918 - February 27, 1991), East Timorese religious and political leader. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...

Father Belo was the choice of the Vatican's Pro Nuncio in Jakarta and the Indonesian leaders because of his supposed submissiveness, but he was not the choice of the Timorese priests who did not attend his inauguration. However within only five months of his assuming office he protested vehemently, in a sermon in the cathedral, against the brutalities of the Kraras massacre (1983) and condemned the many Indonesian arrests. The church was the only institution capable of communicating with the outside world, so with this in mind the new Apostolic Administrator started writing letters and building up overseas contacts, in spite of the isolation arising from the opposition of the Indonesians and the disinterest of most of the world and the Catholic Church. From the ancient Latin Nuntius, meaning any envoy. ... Motto: Jaya Raya (Indonesian): Prosper and Great Founded 22 June 1527 Governor Sutiyoso Area 661. ...

In February 1989 he wrote to the President of Portugal, the Pope, and the UN Secretary-General, calling for a UN referendum on the future of East Timor and for international help for the East Timorese, who were "dying as a people and a nation", but when the UN letter became public in April, he became even more of a target of the Indonesians. This precariousness increased when Bishop Belo gave sanctuary in his own home, as he did on various occasions, to youths escaping the Santa Cruz massacre (1991), and endeavoured to expose the numbers of victims killed. The Dili Massacre was the shooting of East Timorese protesters, in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, on 12th November, 1991. ...

Bishop Belo's courageous labours on behalf of the East Timorese and in pursuit of peace and reconciliation were internationally recognised when, along with José Ramos Horta, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1996. Bishop Belo capitalised upon this honour through meetings with Bill Clinton of the United States and Nelson Mandela of South Africa. José Manuel Ramos Horta (born December 26, 1949) has been Foreign Minister of East Timor since independence in 2002, having previously been a spokesman for the East Timorese resistance in exile during the years of Indonesian occupation between 1975 and 1999. ... William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Mandela redirects here. ...

In the aftermath of East Timorese independence on 20 May 2002, the pressure of events and the ongoing stress he endured began to show their effects on Bishop Belo's health. Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation as Vicar Apostolic of Dili on November 26, 2002. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... The Servant of God, Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from October 16, 1978 until his death, making his the second-longest pontificate. ... Apostolic vicariate is a type of Roman Catholic diocese for non-Catholic or missionary regions and countries. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Following his resignation as Vicar Apostolic, Bishop Belo traveled to Portugal for medicial treatment. By the beginning of 2004, there were repeated calls for him to return to East Timor and to run for the office of president. However, in May 2004 he told Portuguese state-run television RTP, that he would not allow his name to be put up for nomination. "I have decided to leave politics to politicians," he stated. One month later, on June 7, 2004, Pascuál Chavez, rector major of the Salesian Society, announced from Rome that Bishop Belo, returned to health, would take up a new assignment. In agreement with the Holy See, he would go to Mozambique as a missionary, and live as a member of the Salesian Society in that country. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...

In a statement released on June 8, Bishop Belo explained: "Following two meetings in 2003 and in 2004 with His Eminence the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, I am offering myself to serve the Kingdom of God on the Missions, outside East-Timor, in Mozambique, more precisely in the Diocese of Maputo. To go on the missions was a dream that I always had during the years of my youth. Also during the 19 years of my episcopal ministry in Dili (1983-2002), one of the subjects I spoke about most was that of the missions and the need to be missionaries. Today has come the time to put into practice what I said to the Christians of East Timor." June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... The headquarters of the Propaganda fide in Rome, North facade on Piazza di Spagna by architect Bernini, the southwest facade seen here by Borromini: etching by Giuseppe Vasi, 1761 [1] The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione) is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsibile for... Map of Mozambique with Maputo highlighted Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ...

By July 2004, Bishop Belo had taken up missionary work in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ...