Ecclesiastical province La Serena Patron saint Our Lady of the Rosary Phone +56 51 221 5868 Auxiliary bishop Luis Gleisner Wobbe | Rite Latin Rite Area 30,596 km² Country Chile | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
521,529
428,702 (82.2%) Established 1 July 1840 (176 years ago) Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in La Serena Address Calle los Carrera 521, P 3 Of D, La Serena, Coquimbo, Región de Coquimbo, Chile Metropolitan archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas Emeritus bishops Manuel Donoso Donoso, Francisco José Cox, Bernardino Piñera Similar Radiodifu el Faro, La Serena Online, Comercial Books And Bits Ltda, Comercial Serena Libros, Aura Libros Ltda | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena (Latin: Serenen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of La Serena in Chile.
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History
Special churches
Current Leadership
On Saturday, December 14, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena, presented by Archbishop Gerardo Manuel Donoso Donoso, SS.CC., in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law (Bishops must offer their resignations to the Pope for possible acceptance upon turning 75). Pope Francis appointed as the next Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena, Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas, who until then had been Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno, in Osorno, Chile.
Leadership
Suffragan dioceses
References
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