Diocese of Valdivia
| Diocese of Valdivia | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Concepción |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 13,679 km² |
| Dean's offices | 2 (12/29/2008) |
| Parishes | 17 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 308,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 245,500 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 79.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9.093 |
| Permanent deacons | 28 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 18 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 42 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Website | www.obispadodevaldivia.cl |
The Diocese of Valdivia ( lat. : Dioecesis valdiviensis , span. : Diócesis de Valdivia ) is an in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Valdivia .
history
The diocese of Valdivia was established on June 14, 1910 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory from the diocese of San Carlos de Ancud as a Mission sui juris Valdivia . On September 25, 1924, the Mission sui juris Valdivia was elevated to the Apostolic Administration.
On July 8, 1944, the Apostolic Administratur Valdivia by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicis sub plumbo Litteris raised to the diocese. The diocese gave up on November 15, 1955 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Osorno . The diocese of Valdivia is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Concepción as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia
- Augusto Klinke Lyre , 1910–1928
- Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos SS.CC. , 1931–1942, then military bishop of Chile
Bishops of Valdivia
- Arturo Mery Beckdorf , 1944–1955, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- José Manuel Santos Ascarza OCD , 1955–1983, then Archbishop of Concepción
- Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble , 1983-1996
- Ricardo Ezzati Andrello SDB , 1996–2001, then Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
-
Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina , 2002–2017, then Archbishop of Antofagasta
- Sedis vacancy since June 8, 2017
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Valdivia (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of Valdivia on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Diocese of Valdivia on gcatholic.org