Seminary of Our Lady of Fatima

Nossa Senhora da Fatima is a Roman Catholic seminary in East Timor.

History

The Pastoral Seminar was founded on October 13, 1936 in Soibada. In 1951 it was moved to Dar. In 1954, the seminar was officially registered by the Curia. 1958 the Jesuits took over the leadership of the seminar. In 1983 the Colégio de São José was separated as a separate institution from the seminary. The students are also 50 seminarians.

Various leaders of the former Portuguese colony of East Timor and present state received their training here. It was the only place in the colonial period, in which the locals could get an education beyond the secondary level also.

In 2001, the seminar had 75 Timorese candidates for the priesthood.

After the riots in East Timor in 2006 the property of the seminar was used as a refugee camp for several thousand people.

Former classmates

  • Gil da Costa Alves, politicians
  • Norberto do Amaral, Bishop of Maliana
  • Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, former Bishop of Dili
  • Vítor da Costa, politician
  • Francisco Lopes da Cruz, politicians
  • Duarte Nunes, politicians
  • Xanana Gusmão, politicians
  • José Ramos -Horta, politicians
  • Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, freedom fighter and politician
  • Alberto Ricardo da Silva, Bishop of Dili
  • Jacob Xavier, politicians
Dare, East Timor Portugal 2006 East Timorese crisis Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana Roman Catholic Diocese of Díli
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