Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, GCL (born 3 February 1948) is an East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop. He openly denounced the brutal Indonesian occupation of his country. 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". Early life and religious vocation The fifth child of Domingos Vaz Filipe and Ermelinda Baptista Filipe, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was born in the village of Wailakama, near Vemasse, on the north coast of Portuguese Timor. His father, a schoolteacher, died two years after Belo was born. His childhood years were spent in Catholic schools at Baucau and Ossu, before he proceeded to the Dare minor seminary outside Dili, from which he graduated in 1968. From 1969 until 1981, apart from periods of practical training (1974–1976) in East Timor and Macau, Belo was in Portugal and Rome where, having become a member of the Salesian Society, he
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, GCL (nacido el 3 de febrero de 1948) es un obispo romano católico de Timor Oriental. Denunció abiertamente la brutal ocupación indonesia de su país. En 1996, compartió el Premio Nobel de la Paz con José Ramos-Horta por trabajar "hacia una solución justa y pacífica al conflicto en Timor Oriental". Vida temprana y vocación religiosa El quinto hijo de Domingos Vaz Filipe y Ermelinda Baptista Filipe, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo nació en el pueblo de Wailakama, cerca de Vemasse, en la costa norte de Timor Portugués. Su padre, un maestro escolar, murió dos años después de que Belo nació. Sus años de infancia se pasaron en escuelas católicas en Baucau y Ossu, antes de proceder al seminario menor Dare fuera de Dili, del que se graduó en 1968. Desde 1969 hasta 1981, aparte de los períodos de formación práctica (1974-1976) en Timor Oriental y Macau, donde se