Diocese of Temuco
Diocese of Temuco | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Chile |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Concepción |
Diocesan bishop | Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas SDB |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón |
Vicar General | Marcos Uribe Gutiérrez |
founding | 1908 |
surface | 18,000 km² |
Dean's offices | 4 (12/30/2008) |
Parishes | 35 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Residents | 576,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 371,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
proportion of | 64.4% |
Diocesan priest | 48 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious priest | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5,300 |
Permanent deacons | 42 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Friars | 26 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 161 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral de San José |
Website | www.obispadodetemuco.cl |
The Diocese of Temuco ( lat. : Dioecesis Temucensis , span. : Diócesis de Temuco ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Temuco .
history
The Diocese of Temuco was established in 1908 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory from the Diocese of Concepción as a Mission sui juris Temuco . On October 18, 1925, the Mission sui juris Temuco by Pope Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolici Muneris Ratio raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Concepción as a suffragan . The Diocese of Temuco gave up on June 20, 1959 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Los Ángeles .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of Temuco
- Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla , 1908–1919, then auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Concepción
Bishops of Temuco
- Prudencio Contardo Ibarra CSsR , 1925-1934
- Alfredo Silva Santiago , 1935–1939, then Bishop of Concepción
- Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida SS.CC. , 1939–1941, then auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
- Alejandro Menchaca Lira , 1941-1960
- Bernardino Piñera Carvallo , 1960-1977
- Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia , 1977-2001
- Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón , 2001-2013
- Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas SDB , since 2013
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Temuco - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Temuco (Spanish)
- Diocese of Temuco on gcatholic.org
- Entry for the Diocese of Temuco on catholic-hierarchy.org