Travessa Santo Antonio,
Vila Antiga, Baucau 88810,
Timor Leste
Phone: 7726.41.85
Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Leandro Maria Alves as bishop of Baucau diocese on April 26, 2023.
Bishop Alves was born on May 10, 1974, in Ermera, archdiocese of Díli. He attended the Kupang Seminary in Indonesia and continued his formation in the Seminário Maior de Évora in Portugal, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in theology from the theological faculty of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He was ordained a priest on Dec. 8, 2006, for the clergy of Díli.
Bishop Alves has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of the Cathedral of Díli (2006-2007 and 2017-2019); formator of São Paulo Major Seminary (2008-2011); director of the São Paulo Diocesan Foundation of Díli and executive director of the National Commission for Catholic Education of East Timor of the Episcopal Conference of Timor (2009-2014); secretary of the diocesan Presbyteral Council of Díli (2010-2012); rector of the Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Díli, and director of Catholic Secondary School (2011-2014). He was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome (2014-2017).
Since 2019, Bishop Alves was president of the Union of Clergy of the archdiocese of Díli; and parish administrator of the Cathedral (2020-2022), of which he became parish priest in 2023.
