Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso

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Ecclesiastical province Santiago de Chile Rite Latin Rite Phone +56 32 223 6981		Metropolitan Santiago de Chile Area 4,600 km² Country Chile

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)1,259,000932,000 (74%) Established 2 November 1872 (144 years ago) Cathedral Cathedral of St James in Valparaíso Address Avda Pedro Montt 1785, Valparaíso, Región de Valparaíso, Chile Auxiliary bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales Similar Iglesia de la Matriz, Catedral de Valpariso, Puerto Claro, Our Lady of Agony Church, Parroquia Madre de Dios

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso (Latin: Vallis Paradisi) is a diocese located in the city of Valparaíso in the Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in Chile.

History

2 November 1872: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Valparaíso from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

18 October 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Valparaíso

Leadership

Bishops of Valparaíso (Roman rite)

Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (1998.12.04 – present)

Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Schönstatt Fathers (1996.09.24 – 1998.04.24)

Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (1993.04.16 – 1996.06.21)

Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1983.05.03 – 1993.04.16)

Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias (1961.05.22 – 1983.05.03)

Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (1959.10.24 – 1961.05.14)

Bishop Rafael Lira Infante (1938.03.18 – 1958.10.26)

Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut (1925.12.14 – 1937.08.29)

Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut (Apostolic Administrator 1906.03.10 – 1925.12.14)

Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz (Apostolic Administrator 1894.03.13 – 1898.04.28)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso Wikipedia

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