St. Dominic’s Church (Igreja de Sao Domingos)
Macau, China
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- Type
- Catholic church in the Municipality of Macau, Macao
Visitor information
- Address: Largo de São Domingos, Macao
- Phone: +853 2836 7706
- Official website: http://www.macaumuseum.gov.mo/w3ENG/w3MMabout/DomingosC.aspx
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What is the history of St Dominic Church Macau?
Founded in 1587 by three Spanish Dominican priests who originally came from Acapulco in Mexico, this church is also connected to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary. It was here that the first Portuguese newspaper was published on Chinese soil, A Abelha da China [“The China Bee”], on 12th September 1822.
What percentage of Macau is Catholic?
According to a 2022 estimate by the research group Association of Religion Data Archives, as of 2020, 58.7 percent of the population are folk religionists, 17.3 percent Buddhist, 4.9 percent Catholic, 1.6 percent Protestant, 15.8 percent nonreligious, and less than 2 percent other religious groups, including other ...
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