List of bishops of Macau
Bishops

List of bishops of Macau

Section Title: Bishops
Table Section Text: None

Portuguese name Chinese name	Date/Place of birth	Date of Appointment	Commencement of episcopal duties	Date of inauguration	Date of resignation	Died	Remarks

1	Melchior Miguel Carniero Leitão, SJ 賈耐勞	1519 Portugal	1556	1560-12-15	1576	1581	1583-08-19 Macau

2	Diogo Correia Valente, SJ 華倫他	1568 Portugal	1630	1618	1630	1633-10-22	1633-10-22 Macau

3	João de Casal, OSA 嘉素	1641 Portugal	1690-04-10	Unknown	1692	1735-09-20	1735-09-20 Macau

4	Eugénio Trigueiros, OSA 德維智羅斯	1684-01-09 Portugal	1724	1727-12-07	1735-09-20	1739-02-11	1741-04-19

5	Hilário de Santa Rosa OSA, OFM 羅沙	1693-03-01 Portugal	1739-02-11	1741-03-05	1742	1752-08-18	1764-03-30 Portugal

6	Barolomeu Manuel Mendes dos Reis 孟定士	1720-08-23 Portugal	1753-01-29	1753-07-25	1754	1772-06-14	1799-03-07 Portugal

7	OSA Guimarães 祁羅沙	1727-07-21 Portugal	1772-07-13	1773-09-19	1774	1782	1799-02-17 Portugal

8	Marcelina José da Silva 施利華	1749-01-16 Portugal	1789-07-15	1790-01-07	1791	1802-09-16	1830-06-11 Portugal

9	Manuel de São Galdino, OFM 賈定諾	1769-04-18 Portugal	1802-02-12	1803-03-27	1803	1804-08-20	1831-07-15

10	Francisco Chacim, OFM 查善	1767-09-15 Portugal	1804-03-26	1804-11	1805	1828-01-31	1828-01-31 Macau

11	Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, CM 栢朗古	1777 Portugal	1841-11-25	Unknown	1841	1845-03-28	1845-03-28 Macau

12	Jerónimo José da Mata, CM 馬他	1804-12-18 Portugal	1843-11-19	1846-12-21	1845-03-28	1862-09-25	1865-05-05 Portugal

13	Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes 蘇沙	1814-11-05 Portugal	1873-06-25	1874-12-17	1877	1883-08-09	1887-09-07 Portugal

14	António Joaquim de Medeiros 明德祿	1846-10-15 Portugal	1884-08-29	Unknown	1884	1897-01-07	1897-01-07 Timor

15	José Manuel de Carvalho 嘉惠勞	1844-09-16 Portugal	1897-02-04	1897-08-29	1897	1902-06-09	1904-04-24 Portugal

16	João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro 鮑理諾	1852-02-04 Portugal	1902-06-09	1902-12-27	1902	1918-02-17	1918-02-17 Macau

17	José da Costa Nunes 高若瑟	1880-03-15 Portugal	1920-11-20	1921-11-20	1920	1940-12-11	1976-11-29 Italy

18	João de Deus Ramalho, SJ 羅若望	1890-01-08 Portugal	1942-09-24	1942-11-06	1942	1953	1958-02-26 Portugal

19	Policarpo da Costa Vaz 高德華	1908-02-22 Portugal	1954-01-29	1950-06-29	1954	1960-11-21	1984-01-04 Portugal

20	Paulo José Tavares 戴維理	1920-01-25 Portugal	1961-08-19	1961-09-21	1961	1973-06-12	1973-06-12 Portugal

21	Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costas 高秉常	1924-07-08 Portugal	1976-01-20	1976-03-25	1976	1988-10-06	2016-09-12 Portugal

22	Domingos Lam Ka-tseung 林家駿	1928-04-09 Hong Kong	1987-05-26 ^	1987-09-08	1988-10-06 ^	2003-06-30	2009-07-27 Macau

23	José Lai Hung-seng 黎鴻昇	1946-02-14 Macau	2001-03-20 ^	2001-06-02	2003-06-30 ^	2016-01-16	—

24	Stephen Lee Bun-sang 李斌生	1956-11-10 Hong Kong	2016-01-16	—	2016-01-23	Incumbent	—

Sentence(s)

Medeiros was Bishop of Macau in September 1884.
In 1884, Medeiros was selected bishop of Macau.
In 1884, António Joaquim de Medeiros was appointed as the Bishop of Macau and was inaugurated in that same year.

final_sentence: Medeiros was Bishop of Macau in September 1884.
final_sentence: In 1884, Medeiros was selected bishop of Macau.
final_sentence: In 1884, António Joaquim de Medeiros was appointed as the Bishop of Macau and was inaugurated in that same year.