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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena

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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

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)521,529428,702 (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.

Contents

History

  • 1 July 1840: Established as Diocese of La Serena from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
  • 29 May 1939: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Serena

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica - Santuario Nuestra Señora de Andacollo, Andacollo

    • 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

  • Archbishops of La Serena (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas (2013.12.14 - present)
  • Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. (1997.04.16 – 2013.12.14)
  • Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus (1990.09.29 – 1997.04.16)
  • Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1983.07.01 – 1990.09.29)
  • Cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín (1971.07.28 – 1983.05.03)
  • Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez (1943.06.05 – 1967.03.10)
  • Archbishop Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz (1940.01.08 – 1942.08.09)
  • Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez (1939.05.20 – 1939.08.28)
  • Bishops of La Serena (Roman rite)
  • Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez (1925.12.14 – 1939.05.20)
  • Bishop Carlos Silva Cotapos (1918.02.20 – 1925.12.14)
  • Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz (1909.08.31 – 1917.03.09)
  • Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez (1890.06.26 – 1909.03.03)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Copiapó
  • Territorial Prelature of Illapel

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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