• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca

    • The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca, (in Latin: Dioecesis Talcensis), is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its current bishop, Galo Fernández Villaseca, was appointed on 20 March 2021.
    The diocesan cathedral is in the city of Talca.


    History


    The dioceses of Talca, of Rancagua and of San Felipe were erected by Pope Pius XI on 18 October 1925 by means of the Bulla "Notabiliter Aucto".


    Diocesan statistics


    The diocese lies in the Maule Region of Chile and covers a territory of 17,000 km². It is comprised by the province of Curicó and by eight municipalities (comunas) of the province of Talca (the parishes of the municipalities of Empedrado and Constitución are jurisdictionally attached to the neighboring diocese of Linares, from an ecclesiastical point of view). The diocese is divided into 45 parishes (as of April 2015), grouped in 5 pastoral zones.


    Bishops


    Miguel León Prado (apostolic administrator) † (12 June 1913 – 18 October 1925 appointed, auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile)
    Carlos Silva Cotapos † (14 December 1925 – 21 January 1939 resigned)
    Manuel Larraín Errázuriz † (21 January 1939 succeeded – 22 June 1966 died)
    Carlos González Cruchaga (4 January 1967 – 12 December 1996 retired)
    Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (12 December 1996 appointed – 28 June 2018 retired)
    Galo Fernández Villaseca (20 March 2021 appointed – present)


    = Coadjutor bishop

    =
    Manuel Larraín Errazuriz (1938-1939


    = Auxiliary bishops

    =
    Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1958-1960), appointed Bishop of Temuco
    Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1963-1965), appointed Bishop of San Felipe
    Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1975-1983), appointed Bishop of Valdivia
    Pablo Lizama Riquelme (1988-1991), appointed Bishop of Melipilla
    Alejandro Goić Karmelić (1991-1994), appointed Bishop of Osorno


    = Other priest of this diocese who became bishops

    =
    Miguel León Prado (Vicar General here, 1913-1925), appointed Bishop of Linares


    Pastoral zones and Parishes




    = Pastoral zones

    =


    Urban Talca


    El Sagrario
    Corazón de María
    Nuestra Señora de Fátima
    San Luis
    Santa Ana
    St. Augustine Cathedral
    San Sebastián
    Inmaculada Concepción
    Los Doce Apóstoles
    Santa Teresita
    La Merced
    Espíritu Santo
    Sagrada Familia
    San Alberto Hurtado


    Rural Talca


    San José, Colín (Maule)
    Sagrado Corazón, Maule
    San José, Duao (Maule)
    San Rafael, San Rafael
    San José, Pelarco
    San Clemente, San Clemente
    Inmaculada Concepción, Pencahue
    Bajos de Lircay, San Clemente
    Santa Amalia, El Sauce (Talca)
    Sagrado Corazón, Gualleco (Curepto)


    Urban Curicó


    La Merced
    San Juan Bautista
    Nuestra Señora del Rosario
    Cristo Resucitado
    Jesús Obrero
    Jesús de Nazareth
    Iglesia San Francisco
    San José
    Santa Fé


    Rural Curicó


    San Juan de Dios, Teno
    Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Romeral
    San Pedro, Rauco
    San Bonifacio, Lontué
    Unidad Pastoral, Sarmiento (Curicó)
    Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Molina
    Sagrada Familia, Sagrada Familia
    Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Cordillerilla (Los Niches, Curicó)
    San Pedro y San Pablo, Comunidad de Casablanca (Lontué)
    Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Cumpeo (Río Claro)


    Coastal Zone


    Inmaculada Concepción, Villa Prat (Sagrada Familia)
    Santísimo Sacramento, Hualañé
    Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Curepto
    San Miguel Arcángel, Licantén
    Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Vichuquén
    San Policarpo, La Huerta de Mataquito (Hualañé)
    Vice-Parish of Llico (Vichuquén)


    External links


    Website of the diocese (in Spanish)
    www.catholic-hierarchy.org: Diocese of Talca


    References

Kata Kunci Pencarian: