Leandro Maria Alves
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Leandro Maria Alves | |
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| Bishop of Baucau | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Province | Díli |
| Diocese | Baucau |
| Appointed | 26 April 2023 |
| Predecessor | Basílio do Nascimento |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 December 2006 |
| Consecration | 21 July 2023 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leandro Maria Alves 10 May 1974
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| Nationality | East Timorese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Pertransivit benefaciendo |
Leandro Maria Alves (born 10 May 1974) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Baucau, East Timor. He was appointed on 26 April 2023. Previously, he served as deputy parish priest, parish administrator and parish priest of Dili Cathedral, and in many other offices in the Catholic Church in East Timor.
Alves was born in Ermera, Portuguese Timor (now East Timor). Between 1990 and 1993, he attended St Joseph's College High School (Indonesian: SMA Kolese Santo Yoseph) in Dili, East Timor, which was then under Indonesian occupation. In 1993–1994, Alves spent a year studying a propaedeutics course, and in 1994–1995 he underwent spiritual preparation at the São Maria pilgrim hostel in Dare.[1][2]
From 1995 to 1998, Alves studied in the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology at the Widya Mandira Catholic University (Indonesian: Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira) in Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia. Between 1999 and 2001, he completed a pastoral year at the Minor Seminary in Balide, Dili. From 2001 until 2004, he studied theology at the Évora Higher Institute of Theology (Portuguese: Instituto Superior de Teologia de Évora) in Évora, Portugal, and at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: Universidade Católica Portuguesa).[1][2]
Later, between 2014 and 2017, Alves completed a licentiate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Urban University (Italian: Pontificia Università Urbaniana) in Rome, Italy.[1][2]
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