Diocese of Rancagua
| Diocese of Rancagua | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alejandro Goić Karmelić |
| founding | 1925 |
| surface | 16,046 km² |
| Parishes | 66 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 929.260 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 747.090 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 80.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 69 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 40 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,854 |
| Permanent deacons | 62 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 56 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 114 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral El Sagrario |
| address | Casilla 9 D O'Carrol 535 Rancagua, Chile |
| Website | www.iglesia.cl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rancagua ( lat. : Dioecesis Rancaguensis , span. : Diócesis de Rancagua ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Rancagua .
history
The diocese of Rancagua was founded on October 18, 1925 by Pope Pius XI. built with the papal bull Apostolici Muneris Ratio from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Rancagua
- Rafael Lira Infante , 1925–1938, then Bishop of Valparaíso
- Eduardo Larraín Cordovez , 1938–1970
- Alejandro Durán Moreira , 1970–1986
- Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez , 1987–1993, then Bishop of Valparaíso
- Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz SS.CC. , 1993-2004
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Alejandro Goić Karmelić , 2004–2018
- Sedis vacancy since June 28, 2018
See also
Web links
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