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Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles

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Metropolitan
  
Concepción

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Chile

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
13,454 km²

Patron saint
  
Our Lady of Angels

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)356,000238,000 (66.9%)

Established
  
20 June 1959 (57 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angles in Los Ángeles, Bío Bío

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Latin: Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a diocese located in the city of Los Ángeles in the Ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.

Contents

History

  • 20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and Diocese of Temuco

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (2006.01.07 – present)
  • Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)
  • Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)
  • Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13)
  • Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02)
  • Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
  • Archbishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles Wikipedia
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