 Catholic Church in East Timor | |
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| Portuguese: Igreja Católica em Timor-Leste Tetum: Igreja Katólika iha Timor-Leste Indonesian: Gereja Katolik di Timor Leste | |
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| Type | National polity |
| Classification | Catholic |
| Orientation | Latin |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Theology | Catholic theology |
| Governance | Episcopal Conference of Timor[1] |
| Pope | Francis |
| Apostolic Nuncio | vacant[2] |
| Region | East Timor |
| Language | Tetum, Indonesian, Portuguese, Latin |
| Origin | 1515[3] Pre-colonial Timor (Later Portuguese Timor, Portuguese Empire)[3] |
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The Catholic Church in East Timor is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.
- ^ "Conferência Episcopal Timorense". GCatholic.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.10.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ a b Molnar, Andrea Katalin (2009). Timor Leste: Politics, History, and Culture. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 9781135228859.