Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud
| Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Puerto Montt |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz OSM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Juan Luis Ysern de Arce |
| Vicar General | Sergio Villegas Mayorga |
| founding | 1840 |
| surface | 24,941 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 179,800 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 147,400 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 82% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,264 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 7 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 27 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora del Rosario de la Cordillera |
| address | Casilla 407 Blanco Encalada 793 Ancud, Chile |
| Website | www.iglesia.cl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Anduciae , span. : Diócesis de San Carlos de Ancud ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Ancud .
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history
The diocese of San Carlos de Ancud was founded on July 1, 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI. built with the Papal Bull Ubi Primum from cessions of territory of the diocese of Concepción . The diocese gave several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new dioceses. It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt as a suffragan .
Bishops of San Carlos de Ancud
- Justo Donoso Vivanco , 1848–1853, then Bishop of La Serena
- Vicente Gabriel Tocornal Velasco , 1853-1857
- Juan Francisco de Paula Solar Mery OdeM , 1857–1882
- Agustín Lucero Lazcano OP , 1886-1897
- Ramón Angel Jara Ruz , 1898–1909, then Bishop of La Serena
- Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete OdeM, 1910-1916
- Luis Antonio Castro Alvarez SS.CC. , 1918-1924
- Abraham Aguilera Bravo SDB , 1924-1933
- Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre , 1934–1939, then Bishop of Puerto Montt
- Hernán Frías Hurtado , 1940–1945, then Bishop of Antofagasta
- Cándido Rada Senosiáin SDB, 1945–1949
- Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida SS.CC., 1950–1958, then Bishop of Linares
- Alejandro Durán Moreira , 1959–1966, then Bishop of Los Ángeles
- Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia , 1966–1974, then auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Concepción
- Juan Luis Ysern de Arce , 1974-2005
- Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz OSM , since 2005