Escola Dom João Paulino ( zh, 聖善學校), is one of the earliest

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s built in

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, established in 1911. Located on Taipa, it is operated by the

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.Escola Dom João Paulino
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History

In 1895, The former of Escola Dom João Paulino is catechistic literating classes for

children established by Nun

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In 1911, about 70 persons were studying here. The school was built next to Our Lady of Carmel Church. After that, Priest 司徒澤雄 took over the school and named it as 聖善(meaning “Holiness" in

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). The native-born Portuguese people called it as Escola Dom João Paulino, which means the School of Bishop João Paulino'''. In 1938, the Diocese allocated a building on No. 89-91, Rua Direita Carlos Eugénio for developing a complete

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* Ground floor: hall, playground, teachers’ office, principal’s office * 1st floor: Kindergarten, Primary 1, music room * 2nd floor: Primary 2-5 * 3rd floor: Primary 6, library, computer room

Served principal

Famous alumni

José Lai José Lai Hung-seng (; born 14 January 1946, in Macau) is the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Macau, the first born in the diocese and the second Chinese bishop, the first being Domingos Lam. Lai was appointed on 23 January 2001 Coadjutor a ...

: current

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of the

Diocese of Macao The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau ( pt, 1=Diocese de Macau; ) is an exempt (i.e. an immediate subject of the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province) Latin Rite diocese of the Catholic Church, in contrast with the Roman Catholic Di ...

, graduated in 1958

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