Diocese of Villarrica
| Diocese of Villarrica | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Concepción |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Sixto José Parzinger Foidl OFMCap |
| Vicar General | Gerhard Franck Monday |
| founding | 1901 |
| surface | 18,630 km² |
| Parishes | 30 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 394,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 276,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 70.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,000 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 162 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Sagrado Corazón |
| address | Casilla 276-V Geronimo de Alderete 939 Villarrica, Chile |
| Website | www.diocesisdevillarrica.cl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica ( lat. : Dioecesis Villarricensis , span. : Diócesis de Villarrica ) is in Chile located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Villarrica .
history
The diocese Villarica was on July 16, 1901 by Pope Leo XIII. Detached from the diocese of Concepción and established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Araucanía . On March 28, 1928, the prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On November 19, 2001 the Apostolic Vicariate Araucania was established by Pope John Paul II as the diocese of Vallerrica . The diocese of Vallerrica is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Concepción as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Araucanía
- Guido Benedikt Beck OFMCap , 1925–1928
Vicars Apostolic of Araucanía
- Guido Benedikt Beck (Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga) OFMCap, 1928–1958
- Wilhelm Hartl (Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen) OFMCap, 1958–1977 (coadjutor 1956–1958)
- Sixtus Josef Parzinger (Sixto José Parzinger Foidl) OFMCap, 1977–2001
Bishops of Villarica
- Sixtus Josef Parzinger Foidl OFMCap, 2001–2009
- Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin , since 2009
See also
Web links
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