Diocese of Iquique
| Diocese of Iquique | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Antofagasta |
| Diocesan bishop | Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández |
| founding | 1880 |
| surface | 41,799 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 336,769 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 178,892 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 53.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5.111 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | www.iglesiadeiquique.cl |
The Diocese of Iquique ( lat. : Dioecesis Iquiquensis , span. : Diócesis de Iquique ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Iquique .
history
The diocese of Iquique was founded in 1880 by Pope Leo XIII. established from the cession of territory by the diocese of Arequipa as the Apostolic Vicariate of Tarapacá . On December 20, 1929 the Apostolic Vicariate Tarapacá was by Pope Pius XI. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Iquique . On February 17, 1959, the diocese gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Territorial Prelature Arica . The diocese of Iquique gave on July 21, 1965 again parts of its territory to establish the territorial prelature of Calama .
The diocese of Iquique is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Antofagasta as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Tarapacá
- Plácido Labarca Olivares , 1887–1890, then Bishop of Concepción
- Daniel Fuenzalida Santelices , 1890–1895
- Guillermo Juan Carter Gallo , 1895–1906
- Martín Rucker Sotomayor , 1906–1910
- José María Caro Rodríguez , 1911–1925, then Bishop of La Serena
- Carlos Labbé Marquez , 1926-1929
Bishops of Iquique
- Carlos Labbé Marquez, 1929-1941
- Pedro Aguilera Narbona , 1941-1966
- José del Carmen Valle Gallardo , 1966–1984
- Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz SS.CC. , 1984–1988, then auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Valparaíso
- Enrique Troncoso Troncoso , 1989-2000, then Bishop of Melipilla
- Juan Barros Madrid , 2000–2004, then military bishop of Chile
- Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández , 2006–2012
- Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto , since 2014
