Diocese of Copiapó
| Diocese of Copiapó | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of La Serena |
| Diocesan bishop | Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gaspar Quintana Jorquera CMF |
| founding | 1946 |
| surface | 80,000 km² |
| Vicariates | 3 (12/30/2008) |
| Parishes | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 257,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 196,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 76.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,000 |
| Permanent deacons | 33 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 113 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Website | www.obispadodecopiapo.cl |
The Diocese of Copiapo ( lat. : Dioecesis Copiapoënsis , span. : Diócesis de Copiapo ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Copiapo .
history
The diocese of Copiapó was on November 9, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of La Serena as the Apostolic Administratur Copiapó . On April 21, 1955, the Apostolic Administration Copiapó was by Pius XII. elevated to the territorial prelature with the Apostolic Constitution Dum haud paucis .
The territorial prelature Copiapó was on October 31, 1957 by Pius XII. raised to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Qui cotidie . The Diocese of Copiapó is subordinate to the Archdiocese of La Serena as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of Copiapó
- Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez , 1947–1948 (also Archbishop of La Serena)
- Fernando Rodríguez Morandé , 1948–1954
Prelates of Copiapó
- Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos , 1955–1957, then Bishop of Antofagasta
Bishops of Copiapó
- Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín , 1958–1967, then Archbishop of La Serena
- Carlos Camus , 1968–1976, then Bishop of Linares
- Fernando Ariztía Ruiz , 1976-2001
- Gaspar Quintana Jorquera CMF , 2001-2014
- Celestino Aós Braco OFMCap , 2014–2019, then Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Chile
- Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo since 2020
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Copiapó (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of Copiapó on catholic-hierarchy.org
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Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Dum haud paucis , AAS 47 (1955), n.8, p. 657ff.
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Qui cotidie , AAS 50 (1958), n.4, p. 347ff.
- ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Santiago de Chile (Cile) e nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis”. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 23, 2019, accessed March 23, 2019 (Italian).