Escola Dom João Paulino

Escola Dom João Paulino (聖善學校) is one of the earliest schools built in Macau, established in 1911. Located on Taipa, it is operated by the Diocese of Macau. It is a member of the Macau Catholic Schools Association.

It is named after João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro, a bishop of the Diocese of Macau.

History
In 1895, the Canossian nuns opened catechism classes for local children, which became the predecessor of Escola Dom João Paulino.

In 1911, about 70 people were studying here. The school was built next to Our Lady of Carmel Church. After that, Priest Estevão Eusébio Sítu (司徒澤雄) took over the school and named it as 聖善 (Jyutping: sing3 sin6, meaning "Holiness" in Chinese). The native-born Portuguese people called it 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 primary school.

Environment

 * 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

Principals
The school has had 20 principals since its foundation.


 * 1) Priest 司徒澤雄 (1911)
 * 2) Priest 許叢壽 (1923)
 * 3) Priest 萬靈舟 (1928)
 * 4) Priest 呂子莊 (1939)
 * 5) Priest 顏儼若 (1941)
 * 6) Priest 何志仁 (1959)
 * 7) Priest 林家駿 (November 1959)
 * 8) Priest 李冠章 (April 1962)
 * 9) Priest 劉志超 and Priest 楊安道 (1964)
 * 10) Nun 田秀芬 (1964)
 * 11) Nun 宋秀琴 (1976)
 * 12) Nun 鄭金蘭 (1980)
 * 13) Nun 劉寶嫦 (February 1984)
 * 14) Priest 關傑享 (August 1984)
 * 15) Priest 劉哲明 (May 1985)
 * 16) Priest 陳寶全 (February 1991)
 * 17) Priest 何發全 (April 1992)
 * 18) Mr 張觀威 (August 2000)
 * 19) Nun 李秀明 (August 2009)
 * 20) Ms 吳世華 (September 2015)

Famous alumni

 * José Lai: current Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Macao, graduated in 1958