Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles
Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles Dioecesis Sanctae Mariae Angelorum Diócesis de Santa María de Los Angeles | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Ecclesiastical province | Concepción |
| Metropolitan | Concepción |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 13,454 km2 (5,195 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 356,000 238,000 (66.9%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 20 June 1959 (65 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Mary of the Angels Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Angels |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib |
| Bishops emeritus | Miguel Caviedes Medina |
| Website | |
| www.obispadolosangeles.cl | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Latin: Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a diocese located in the city of Los Ángeles in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.
History
[edit]- 20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco
Bishops
[edit]- Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (2006.01.07 – present)
- Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)
- Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)
- Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13), appointed Bishop of San Bernardo
- Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
- Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
- Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin, appointed Bishop of Villarrica
Sources
[edit]| Province of Antofagasta | |
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| Province of Concepción | |
| Province of La Serena | |
| Province of Puerto Montt | |
| Province of Santiago de Chile | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions | |
37°28′13″S 72°21′09″W / 37.4703°S 72.3525°W
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