Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco

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Metropolitan Concepción Established 1908 (109 years ago) Area 17,474 km² Country Chile		Rite Latin Rite Pope Francis Phone +56 45 221 0516

Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2010) 590,000 382,000 (64.7%) Cathedral Cathedral of St Joseph in Temuco Address Calle Vicuna Mackenna 779, P 2 Of 2, Temuco, IX Región, Chile Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción Similar Parroquia Perpetuo Socorro, Comunid Francisca, Parroquia La Anunciaci

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco (Latin: Temucen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Temuco in the Ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.

History

1908: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Temuco from the Diocese of Concepción

18 October 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Temuco

Leadership

Bishops of Temuco (Roman rite)

Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas (2013.05.14 - present)

Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón (2001.09.21 – 2013.05.14)

Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1977.12.23 – 2001.09.21)

Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1960.12.10 – 1977.12.28)

Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira (1941.08.09 – 1960.09.13)

Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. (1939.08.29 – 1941.02.09)

Archbishop Alfredo Silva Santiago (1935.02.23 – 1939.02.04)

Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. (1925.12.14 – 1934.12.15)

Bishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla (Apostolic Administrator 1908 – 1919)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco Wikipedia

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