Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese bishop. Ordained priest Lisbon, Portugal, 1980. Recipient Nobel Peace prize, 1996.
Background
Belo, Carlos Felipe Ximenes was born on February 3, 1948 in Wailakama, East Timor. Son of Domingos Vaz and Ermelinda Baptista Filipe.
Education
Graduate, Minor Seminary Our Lady of Fatima, Dare, East Timor, 1968.
Career
Teacher, administrator Salesian College, Fatumaca, East Timor, 1981?1983. Appointed Apostolic administrator Dili diocese, head of East Timor church, 1983?2002, resigned as vicar, 2002. Consecrated a Bishop of Lorium, Italy, 1988?2002.