Archdiocese of Antofagasta
| Archdiocese of Antofagasta | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Chile |
| Diocesan bishop | Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Patricio Infante Alfonso Pablo Lizama Riquelme |
| founding | 1881 |
| surface | 84,504 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 594,755 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 388,603 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 65.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,448 |
| Permanent deacons | 28 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 23 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 76 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San José |
| Website | www.iglesiadeantofagasta.cl |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of San Marcos de Arica Diocese of Iquique Diocese of San Juan Bautista de Calama |
The Archdiocese of Antofagasta ( lat. : Archidioecesis Antofagastensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Antofagasta ) is one in Chile located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Antofagasta .
history
The Archdiocese of Antofagasta was founded in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. established as Mission sui juris Antofagasta . In 1887 the Mission sui juris Antofagasta was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate . On February 3, 1928, Pope Pius XI. the Apostolic Vicariate of Antofagasta to the diocese. It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of La Serena as a suffragan . The diocese of Antofagasta gave up on July 21, 1965 parts of its territory to establish the territorial prelature of Calama .
On June 28, 1967, the diocese of Antofagasta was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the archbishopric.
Ordinaries
Superior of the Mission sui juris Antofagasta
- Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez , 1883–1886
Vicars Apostolic of Antofagasta
- Luís Silva Lezaeta , 1887-1896
- Felipe Salas Errázuriz , 1896–1904
- Luís Silva Lezaeta, 1904–1928
Bishops of Antofagasta
- Luís Silva Lezaeta, 1928–1929
- Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez , 1933–1943, then Archbishop of La Serena
- Hernán Frías Hurtado , 1945–1957
- Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos , 1957–1967
Archbishops of Antofagasta
- Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos, 1967–1974, then Bishop of San Felipe
- Carlos Oviedo Cavada OdeM , 1974–1990, then Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- Patricio Infante Alfonso , 1990-2004
- Pablo Lizama Riquelme , 2004–2017
- Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina , since 2017
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Antofagasta on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on June 8, 2017.