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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Rite
  
Area
  
84,506 km²

Country
  
Emeritus bishop
  
Patricio Infante Alfonso

Parishes
  
19

Established
  
1881 (136 years ago)

Phone
  
+56 55 222 3021

Patron saint
  
Metropolitan archbishop
  
Pablo Lizama Riquelme

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2012)362,000252,300 (69.7%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Joseph in Antofagasta

Address
  
Calle San Martin 2634, Antofagasta, Región de Antofagasta, Chile

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta (Latin: Antofagasten(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Antofagasta in Chile.

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History

  • 1881: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Antofagasta from the Diocese of La Serena
  • 1887: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Antofagasta
  • 3 February 1928: Promoted as Diocese of Antofagasta
  • 28 June 1967: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antofagasta
  • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica del Corazón de María
  • Leadership

  • Archbishops of Antofagasta (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Pablo Lizama Riquelme (2004.11.26 – present)
  • Archbishop Patricio Infante Alfonso (1990.12.12 – 2004.11.26)
  • Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (1974.03.25 – 1990.03.30)
  • Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1967.06.28 – 1974.03.25)
  • Bishops of Antofagasta (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1957.08.20 – 1967.06.28)
  • Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado (1945.01.13 – 1957.05.24)
  • Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez (1933.12.23 – 1943.06.05)
  • Bishop Luís Silva Lezaeta (1928.02.03 – 1929.05.21)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Antofagasta (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Luís Silva Lezaeta (1904.11.04 – 1928.02.03)
  • Fr. Felipe Salas Errázuriz (1896.03.04 – 1905)
  • Bishop Luís Silva Lezaeta (1887.05.15 – 1896)
  • Ecclesiastical Superiors of Antofagasta (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez (1883 – 1886.12.23)
  • Suffragan dioceses

  • Arica
  • Iquique
  • San Juan de Calama
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta Wikipedia


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