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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de Calama

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Country
  
Chile

Metropolitan
  
Antofagasta

Area
  
43,000 km²

Ecclesiastical province
  
Antofagasta

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Patron saint
  
John the Baptist

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2014)191,000150,300 (78.7%)

Established
  
21 July 1965 (51 years ago)

The Diocese of San Juan de Calama (Latin: Sancti Ioannis Calamensis) is a diocese located in the city of Calama in the Ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta in Chile.

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History

  • 21 July 1965: Established as Territorial Prelature of Calama from Diocese of Antofagasta and Diocese of Iquique
  • 20 February 2010: Promoted as Diocese of San Juan de Calama

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Calama (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez (2016.03.21 - Present)
  • Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (2003.04.10 – 2016.03.21)
  • Bishop Cristián Contreras Molina, O. de M. (1992.06.11 – 2002.07.19)
  • Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. (1982.03.05 – 1991.11.30)
  • Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. (Apostolic Administrator 1976.02.26 – 1982.03.05)
  • Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (Apostolic Administrator 1974–1976)
  • Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce (Apostolic Administrator 1972.05.20 – 1974.06.02)
  • Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (Apostolic Administrator 1970.04 – 1970.06.02)
  • Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1968.03.13 – 1970.02.26)
  • Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (Apostolic Administrator 1965.07.21 – 1968.05.19)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de Calama Wikipedia
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