Timor-Leste mourns its most senior bishop (UCANews)

Timor-Leste (East Timor) (map), a Southeast Asian nation of 1.4 million, is 84% Catholic, 6% ethnic religionist, 5% Protestant, and 4% Muslim. Bishop Basílio do Nascimento of Baucau, who died on October 30 at the age of 71, was an important figure in Timor-Leste’s efforts to gain independence from largely Muslim Indonesia in 2002.