The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia (Latin: Valdivien(sis)) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.
Diocese of Valdivia Dioecesis Valdiviensis Diócesis de Valdivia | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary | |
| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Ecclesiastical province | Concepción |
| Metropolitan | Concepción |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 13,679 km2 (5,281 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 297,000 237,000 (79.8%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 14 June 1910 (113 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of the Rosary |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib |
| Website | |
| www.obispadodevaldivia.cl | |
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos.
History edit
- 14 June 1910: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Valdivia, on territory split off from the Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud
- 25 September 1924: Promoted as Apostolic Administration of Valdivia
- 8 July 1944: Promoted as Diocese of Valdivia
- Lost territory on 1955.11.15 to establish the Diocese of Osorno
Statistics edit
As per 2014, it pastorally served 145,500 Catholics (47.2% of 308,000 total) on 13,679 km² in 17 parishes with 27 priests (10 diocesan, 17 religious), 28 deacons, 60 lay religious (18 brothers, 42 sisters) and 2 seminarians
Ordinaries edit
(all Roman rite)
- Ecclesiastical Superior of the independent mission
- Augusto Klinke Leier (1910.06.19 – 1924.09.25)
- permanent Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia
- Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis Augusto Klinke Leier (1924.09.25 – 1928.11.14)
- Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SSCC (1931.04.10 – 1942.06.20)
- Suffragan Bishops of Valdivia
- Arturo Mery Beckdorf (1944.07.29 – 1955.04.20), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
- José Manuel Santos Ascarza, OCD (1955.09.21 – 1983.05.03)
- Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1983.12.12 – 1996.02.29)
- Apostolic Administrator Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1995.04.29 – 1996.09.08)
- Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, SDB (1996.06.28 – 2001.07.10)
- Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina (2002.05.31 – 8 June 2017)
- Apostolic Administrator Fr. Gonzalo Espina Peruyero (26 August 2017 - 23 December 2020)
- Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales (23 December 2020 - )
See also edit
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