Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia

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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
CountryChile
Ecclesiastical provinceConcepción
MetropolitanConcepción
Statistics
Area13,679 km2 (5,281 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
297,000
237,000 (79.8%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 June 1910 (114 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Patron saintOur Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSantiago Jaime Silva Retamales
Metropolitan ArchbishopFernando 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

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Statistics

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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

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(all Roman rite)

Ecclesiastical Superior of the independent mission
Augusto Klinke Leier (1910.06.19 – 1924.09.25)
permanent Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia
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 - )

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