Alberto Ricardo da Silva
Alberto Ricardo da Silva (4 April 1943 – 2 April 2015) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Dili, East Timor. Early life He was born in Aileu, in East Timor when it was still a Portuguese colony. He studied in the minor seminary of Dili and was sent to Macao to study philosophy, and to Portugal to study theology in the major seminary of Leiria. Career He was ordained a priest on 15 August 1972 in Portugal and served as vicar general of Dili 1980-1992. He held a licentiate in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Father da Silva's duties included spiritual director and later rector at the Seminary of Our Lady of Fatima in Dare. He was rector of the Major Seminary of SS Peter and Paul in Dili at the time of his episcopal appointment. Pope John Paul II named him as bishop of Dili on 27 February 2004 and he was consecrated on 2 May. The Bishop took for his motto "Servus Verbi Domini" (Servant of the Word of God). He was consecrated by Bishop Basilio do Nascimento of Baucau, East Timor, in the presence of seven bishops from Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, and