Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán
| Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Concepción |
| Diocesan bishop | Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada SSCC |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera SVD |
| founding | 1916 |
| surface | 12,461 km² |
| Dean's offices | 4 (December 31, 2015) |
| Parishes | 31 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 482,745 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 337.820 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 70% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,894 |
| Permanent deacons | 34 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 69 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Carlos de Borromeo |
| Website | www.diocesisdechillan.cl |
The Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Bartholomaie de Chillán , Spanish : diócesis de San Bartolomé de Chillán ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Chillán .
history
The diocese of Chillán was founded in 1916 by Pope Benedict XV. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Concepción as Mission sui juris Chillán . On October 18, 1925, the Mission sui juris Chillán by Pope Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolici Muneris Ratio raised to the diocese. The diocese of Chillán is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Concepción as a suffragan .
On November 1, 2017, the Diocese of Chillán was renamed the Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of Chillán
- Reinaldo Muñoz Olave , 1916–1920, then auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Concepción
- Zacarías Muñoz Henríquez , 1920–1921
- Luis A. Venegas Henríquez , 1922-1924
- Martín Rucker Sotomayor , 1923–1925
Bishops of Chillán
- Martín Rucker Sotomayor, 1925-1935
- Jorge Antonio Larraín Cotapos , 1937–1955
- Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz , 1955–1974, then Archbishop of Puerto Montt
- Francisco José Cox Huneeus , 1974–1981, then Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family
- Alberto Jara Franzoy , 1982-2006
- Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera SVD , 2006-2018
- Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada SSCC , since 2020
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán on catholic-hierarchy.org