Diocese of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles
| Diocese of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| 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
