Diocese of Punta Arenas
| Diocese of Punta Arenas | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Puerto Montt |
| Diocesan bishop | Bernardo Bastres Florence SDB |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Tomás Osvaldo González Morales SDS |
| Vicar General | Fredy Subiabre Maticha |
| founding | 1883 |
| surface | 112,310 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 174,165 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 143,250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 82.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,958 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Sagrado Corazón (Heart of Jesus) |
| address | Casilla 35-D Calle Monseñor Fagnano 630 Punta Arenas, Chile |
| Website | http://www.iglesiademagallanes.cl/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Punta Arenas ( lat. : Dioecesis Punta Arenas , span. : Diócesis de Punta Arenas ) is an in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Punta Arenas .
history
The diocese of Punta Arenas was founded on October 4, 1916 by Pope Benedict XV. from the area of the Apostolic Prefecture of Patagonia as Vicariate Apostolic Magallanes-Islas Malvinas .
On January 27, 1947, the Vicariate Apostolic Magallanes-Islas Malvinas was by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the papal bull Ut in amplissimo Patagoniae Chilensis territorio and renamed the diocese of Punta Arenas . The diocese is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Magallanes
- José Fagnano SDB , 1883–1916, prefect without episcopal ordination
Vicars Apostolic of Magallanes-Islas Malvinas
- Abraham Aguilera Bravo SDB, 1916–1924, then Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
- Arturo Jara Márquez SDB, 1926-1938
Bishops of Punta Arenas
- Vladimiro Boric Crnosija SDB, 1949–1973
- Tomás Osvaldo González Morales SDB, 1974-2006
- Bernardo Bastres Florence SDB, since 2006
See also
Web links
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