Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

Styles of
**Carlos Ximenes Belo**
Styles of; Carlos Ximenes Belo
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

The Most Reverend

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

SDB
The Most Reverend; Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo; SDB
Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Díli; Titular Bishop of Lorium;
	Belo in 2016
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Lorium (titular see)
Appointed	21 March 1988
Orders
Ordination	26 July 1980; by José Policarpo
Consecration	19 June 1988; by Francesco Canalini
Personal details
Born	3 February 1948 (age 76); Vemasse, Baucau, Portuguese Timor; (now East Timor);
Nationality	East Timorese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Maputo, Mozambique
Parents	Domingos Vaz Filipe; Ermelinda Baptista Filipe;
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of Dili; (1988–2002);
Alma mater	Catholic University of Portugal; Salesian Pontifical University;
Motto	Caritas Veritatis-Veritas Caritatis
Signature

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, commonly known as Carlos Belo^[1]^[2] or Ximenes Belo (born 3 February 1948) is an East Timorese prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a bishop in 1988 and served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Díli from 1988 to 2002. In 1996, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with José Ramos-Horta for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor".^[3] He is a professed member of the Salesians.

^ "Bishop Belo quits after health scare". The Catholic Leader. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ Smythe, Patrick A. (2004). 'The Heaviest Blow': The Catholic Church and the East Timor Issue. Lit Verlag. p. 40ff. ISBN 9783825871772. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ Lundestad, Geir (24 October 1996). "Nobel Peace Prizes:Western, Perhaps, but Is It a Bad Thing?". New York Times. Retrieved 30 September 2022.