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Diocese of Osorno (in Latin: '' Dioecesis Osornensis '') is a

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of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. The diocese was established on 15 November 1955 by

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by means of the papal bull ''Christianorum qui in Diocesibus''.

Diocesan statistics

The diocese, which comprises the entire province of Osorno in the

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of Chile, covers a territory of 9,236 km² and has 22

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es. According to the 2002

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by the Chilean '' Instituto Nacional de Estadística'', 69.3% of the diocesan population of Osorno, ages 15 and over, considered themselves as Catholic. This figure represents about 154,000 Catholics out of a total population of 221,509 (2002). The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of San Mateo in the city of Osorno.

Bishops of Osorno

Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux (23 September 1908 – 4 January 1982) - in religious Francisco - was a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate who was a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and served as the first Bishop of Osorno fro ...

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† (20 June 1956 – 4 January 1982, died) * Miguel Caviedes Medina (8 November 1982 – 19 February 1994, appointed bishop of

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) * Alejandro Goic Karmelic (27 October 1994 – 10 July 2003, appointed

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of Rancagua). Mgr. Goic is the current president of the Chilean Conference of Catholic Bishops. * René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas, former

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of Villarrica (8 May 2004 - 14 December 2013, appointed Archbishop of La Serena) * Juan Barros Madrid (March 2015 – 11 June 2018, resigned) *

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, O.F.M. (6 February 2020 -)

Parishes

City of Osorno and its surroundings: * San Mateo Apóstol, Cathedral (1792) * Nuestra Señora del Carmen (1957) * Sagrado Corazón (1964) * San Francisco (1967) * María Reina de los Mártires (1990) * Santa Rosa de Lima (2001) * Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (1930) * Jesús Obrero (1964) * El Buen Pastor (1972) * San José (1980) * San Leopoldo Mandic (1986) Other localities: * Sagrada Familia (1901), Río Negro * San Joaquín y Santa Ana (1910), Río Negro * San Juan Bautista (1806), Mission (''Misión'') of San Juan de la Costa * Cristo Resucitado (1975), Mission of Cuinco (San Juan de la Costa) * San Bernardino (1794), Mission of Quilacahuín (San Pablo) * Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (1836), San Pablo * San Agustín (1904), Puerto Octay * San Juan Nepomuceno (1909), Cancura (Osorno) * San Sebastián (1944), Purranque * Nuestra Señora de Fátima (1955), Entre Lagos ( Puyehue) * San Pedro Apóstol (1970), Rupanco (Puyehue)

External links

Website of the diocese (in Spanish)
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