Diocese of Valparaíso
| Diocese of Valparaíso | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Pedro Ossandón Buljevic |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar SS.CC. |
| founding | 1872 |
| surface | 4,763 km² |
| Dean's offices | 9 (12/29/2008) |
| Parishes | 69 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,304,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 966,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 74.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 86 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 85 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,649 |
| Permanent deacons | 71 (31.12.2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 133 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 273 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Santiago |
| Website | www.obispadodevalparaiso.cl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso ( lat. : Dioecesis Vallis Paradisi , span. : Diócesis de Valparaíso ) is one in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Valparaiso .
history
The diocese Valparaíso was on November 2, 1872 by Pope Pius IX. established from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile as Mission sui juris Valparaíso . On October 18, 1925, the Mission sui juris Valparaíso by Pope Pius XI. with the papal bull Apostolici muneris ratio raised to the diocese. The diocese is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile as a suffragan .
The diocese is responsible for the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators of Valparaíso
- Mariano Jaime Casanova y Casanova , 1872–1885
- Salvador Donos Rodríguez , 1885-1892
- Manuel Tomás Mesa , 1892–…
- Ramón Angel Jara Ruz , 1894–1898, then Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
- Eduardo Gimpert Paut , 1906–1925
Bishops of Valparaíso
- Eduardo Gimpert Paut, 1925–1937
- Rafael Lira Infante , 1938-1958
- Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB , 1959–1961, then Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- Emilio Tagle Covarrubias , 1961-1983
- Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos , 1983-1993
- Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez , 1993–1996, then Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments
- Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa , 1996–1998, then Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
-
Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar SS.CC. , 1998-2018
- Sedis vacancy , since 2018
See also
Web links
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