• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia (Latin: Valdivien(sis)) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos.




History


14 June 1910: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Valdivia, on territory split off from the Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud
25 September 1924: Promoted as Apostolic Administration of Valdivia
8 July 1944: Promoted as Diocese of Valdivia
Lost territory on 1955.11.15 to establish the Diocese of Osorno




Statistics


As per 2014, it pastorally served 145,500 Catholics (47.2% of 308,000 total) on 13,679 km² in 17 parishes with 27 priests (10 diocesan, 17 religious), 28 deacons, 60 lay religious (18 brothers, 42 sisters) and 2 seminarians




Ordinaries


(all Roman rite)

Ecclesiastical Superior of the independent mission
Augusto Klinke Leier (1910.06.19 – 1924.09.25)
permanent Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia
Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis Augusto Klinke Leier (1924.09.25 – 1928.11.14)
Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SSCC (1931.04.10 – 1942.06.20)
Suffragan Bishops of Valdivia
Arturo Mery Beckdorf (1944.07.29 – 1955.04.20), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
José Manuel Santos Ascarza, OCD (1955.09.21 – 1983.05.03)
Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1983.12.12 – 1996.02.29)
Apostolic Administrator Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1995.04.29 – 1996.09.08)
Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, SDB (1996.06.28 – 2001.07.10)
Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina (2002.05.31 – 8 June 2017)
Apostolic Administrator Fr. Gonzalo Espina Peruyero (26 August 2017 - 23 December 2020)
Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales (23 December 2020 - )




See also


List of Catholic dioceses in Chile




Sources and external links


GCatholic.org – data for all sections
Diocese website
Catholic Hierarchy

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• Valdivia (disambiguation)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo
• Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Valdivia
• List of Catholic dioceses in Chile
• La Imperial, Chile
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile