from the Diocese of Macau in 1981. Bishops Bishops of Macau Diego Núñez de Figueroa (1576–1578); rejected appointment, never consecrated Melchior Carneiro (1576–1581), administrator Leonardo Fernandes de Sá, O.Cist. (1578–1597), arrived at Macau in 1581 Father Manuel de Aguiar (1597–1599), administrator Father Miguel dos Santos, O.S.A. (1599–1607), administrator João de Abrantes a Pietate, O.P. (1604–1623), resigned and returned to Europe in 1615, resignation accepted in 1623 Father Antonio de Rosario (1615–1623), de facto administrator Diogo Correia Valente (1623–1633), administrator from 1641 to 1668, no bishops were named due to the Portuguese Restoration War between Spain and Portugal Father Bento de Christo (1640–1642), administrator Father Francisco de S. Thomaz, named by Peter II of Portugal in 1669 but not confirmed by the Pope Father Giovanni Filippo de Marini (also Filippe de Marino) (1671–1677), administrator João de Casal (1690–1735) Eugénio de Trigueiros, O.E.S.A. (1735–1740), appointed Archbishop of Goa Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. (1740–1752) Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis (1753–1773), appointed Bishop of Mariana Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães (1773–1789) Marcelino José da Silva (1789–1802) Manuel de Santo Galdino, O.F.M. (1802–1804), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of Goa Francisco Chachim, O.F.M. Disc. (1804–1828) Nicolaus Rodrigues Pereira de Borja, C.M. (1843–1845) Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. (1845–1862) Pereira Botelho do Amaral e Pimentel (1866–1871), appointed Bishop of Angra Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes (1874–1883), appointed Bishop of Bragança e Miranda and later Bishop of Portalegre António Joaquim de Medeiros (1884–1897) José Manuel de Carvalho (1897–1902), appointed Bishop of Angra João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro (1902–1918) José da Costa Nunes (1920–1940), appointed Archbishop of Goa and Daman (elevated to Cardinal in 1962) João de Deus Ramalho, S.J. (1942–1953) Policarpo da Costa Vaz (1954–1960), appointed Bishop of Guarda Paulo José Tavares (1961–1973) Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa (1976–1988) Domingos Lam Ka-tseung (1988–2003) José Lai Hung-seng (2003–2016) Stephen Lee Bun-sang (2016–present) Coadjutor Bishops José Lai Hung-seng (2001–2003) Domingos Lam Ka Tseung (1987–1988) Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. (1844–1845) Eugénio Trigueiros, O.S.A. (1725–1735) Parishes The Diocese is divided in: six parishes (five in Macau Peninsula and one on Taipa island): Cathedral Parish St. Lazarus St. Anthony St. Lawrence Our Lady of Fátima Church of Our Lady of Carmel, Taipa two quasi-parishes, both on Macau Peninsula: St. Francis Xavier, Mong Há St. Joseph, Iao Hon one mission (on Coloane island): St. Francis Xavier, Coloane Schools The following schools are directly operated by the diocese: Preschool through secondary