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Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso

Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso

Diocese of the Catholic Church in Chile

The Diocese of Valparaíso (Latin: Vallis Paradisi) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in central Chile.

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Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral de Santiago, dedicated to the Apostle St. James the Elder (Spanish: Santiago) in the city of Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province, is a Minor World Heritage Site.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 966,000 Catholics (74.1% of 1,304,000 total) on 4,763 km² in 69 parishes and 260 missions with 171 priests (86 diocesan, 85 religious), 71 deacons, 406 lay religious (133 brothers, 273 sisters) and 16 seminarians.

History

Bishops

Bishops of Valparaíso

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Mariano Jaime Casanova Casanova (Vicar General here, 1872–1885), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile in 1886
  • Salvador Donos Rodríguez (Vicar General here, 1885–1892), never consecrated bishop
  • Manuel Tomás Mesa (Vicar General here, 1892, did not take effect?)
  • Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz (Vicar General here, 1894–1898), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
  • José Manuel Santos Ascarza, appointed Bishop of Valdivia in 1955
  • Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military in 1959; consecrated bishop in 1962
  • Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud in 1966
  • Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas, appointed Bishop of Copiapó in 1968
  • Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez, appointed Bishop of San Felipe in 2020

See also


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