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The Catholic church in Macau has provided schooling, missionary training and preaching the gospel to the local catholic and non-catholic communities. There are around 30,000 Catholics in Macau (around 5% of the total population), which forms a single diocese, the Diocese of Macau .
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady [1] also Sé Catedral da Natividade de Nossa Senhora and Igreja da Sé (Chinese: 澳門主敎座堂) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sé, Macau. It is the current cathedral of the Diocese of Macau. The cathedral is also called the "Church of the Nativity of Our Lady".
The Diocese of Macau (Portuguese: Diocese de Macau; Chinese: 天主教澳門教區 [romanization needed]) is a Latin Church exempt ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church, [1] in contrast with the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is, de jure, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangdong.
Chapel of St. Francis Xavier (Chinese: 聖方濟各聖堂, Portuguese: Capela de São Francisco Xavier) is a church located on the island of Coloane, Macau. The chapel, built in 1928, is located on the southwestern coast of the island and stands near a monument commemorating a victory over pirates in 1910.
The church was established in 1587 by three Spanish Dominican priests [3] who arrived from Acapulco, Mexico. [4] It was the scene of violence in 1644, when a Spanish officer—loyal to the King of Spain and opposing the colony's determination to stay allegiant with Portugal after the dissolution of the Iberian Union—entered the church in order to seek refuge from an angry mob.
The church's architectural style Neoclassical, but coloured wall are similar to many historic structures in Macau. The belltower of the church does not have a steeple. The church has 2,000 square feet of space and can hold up to 200.
The St. Joseph the Worker Church (Chinese: 聖若瑟勞工主保堂; Portuguese: Igreja de São José Operário) is a church in Macau, China; It is part of the freguesia of Our Lady of Fatima, in the district Iao Hon. Begun in 1998, it was completed in 1999.
The Catholic Church in Macau is organized through the Diocese of Macau of the Latin Church. This diocese was established on 23 January 1576 by Pope Gregory XIII , and is currently limited in extent to the territory of the Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China.