Diocese of Talca
| Diocese of Talca | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Galo Fernández Villaseca |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca |
| founding | 1925 |
| surface | 17,246 km² |
| Parishes | 45 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 641,270 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 457,953 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 71.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 53 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,637 |
| Permanent deacons | 32 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 33 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 166 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Agustin |
| Website | www.diocesisdetalca.cl |
The Diocese of Talca ( lat. : Dioecesis Talcensis , span. : Diócesis de Talca ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Talca .
history
The diocese of Talca was established in 1913 by Pope Pius X as a mission sui juris Talca from the cession of territory by the diocese of Concepción . On October 18, 1925, the Mission sui juris Talca by Pope Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolici Muneris Ratio raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of Talca
- Miguel León Prado , 1913–1925, then auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Bishops of Talca
- Carlos Silva Cotapos , 1925-1939
- Manuel Larraín Errázuriz , 1939–1966
- Carlos González Cruchaga , 1967–1996
-
Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca , 1996-2018
- Sedis vacancy since June 28, 2018
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Talca (Spanish)
- Entry on the diocese of Talca on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
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