Diocese of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles
Diocese of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Chile |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Concepción |
Diocesan bishop | Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Miguel Caviedes Medina |
Vicar General | Paolo Lastrego Farina |
Episcopal Vicar | Eduardo Riquelme Riquelme |
founding | 1959 |
surface | 13,454 km² |
Dean's offices | 3 (12/30/2008) |
Parishes | 24 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Residents | 340,600 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 226,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
proportion of | 66.4% |
Diocesan priest | 31 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious priest | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5,022 |
Permanent deacons | 27 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Friars | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 64 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral Santa María de los Ángeles |
address | Casilla 207 Lautaro 519 Los Ángeles, Chile |
Website | www.obispadolosangeles.cl |
The Diocese of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles ( lat. : Dioecesis Sanctae Mariae Angelorum , span. : Diócesis (de Santa María) de Los Ángeles ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Los Ángeles .
history
The diocese Los Ángeles was on June 20, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Concepción and the Diocese of Temuco . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Concepción as a suffragan .
Bishops of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles
- Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin , 1959–1963, then Archbishop of Concepción
- Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle , 1964-1965
- Alejandro Durán Moreira , 1966–1970, then Bishop of Rancagua
- Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida , 1970–1987, then Bishop of San Bernardo
- Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal , 1988–1994
- Miguel Caviedes Medina , 1994-2006
- Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez , since 2006