The beginning of the construction of the Chapel in Gleno

The community of Riheu Suco built a small chapel with a thatched roof as a place of prayer in 1980, measuring 4×6 meters (24 m²). In 1983, the chapel was expanded to a half-wall structure measuring 6×8 meters (48 m²) with the intervention of Mr. Tomás Goncalves, the District Administrator of Ermera. The land on which the chapel was built was generously offered free of charge by the late Mr. Martinho Soares and his family.

Due to an increase in the number of Christians, including civil servants and farmers who had moved to Gleno, the parish priest, Fr. Mario Belo, requested that the chapel be further expanded to 10×10 meters (100 m²) with permanent walls. After some time, the new parish priest, Father Domingos Alves, relocated the chapel to the pastoral center and ultimately expanded its space to 10×30 meters (300 m²) with the support of the District Administration and contributions from the parishioners to complete the work. The chapel was finally inaugurated in 1992 by His Excellency Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB, the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Dili, and was transformed into a Missionary Station Chapel.