The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia ( la, Valdivien(sis)) is a

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in the

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of Concepción in Chile. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of

Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau R ...

, Los Ríos.

History

* 14 June 1910: Established as

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of Valdivia, on territory split off from the

Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud (in Latin: ''Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Anduciae'') is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. Its current bishop is Mgr. Juan María Florindo Agurto Muñoz. The retired ( e ...

* 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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno (in Latin: '' Dioecesis Osornensis '') is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. The diocese was established on 15 November 1955 by Pope Pius XII by means of the papal bull ''Christ ...

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

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) ;Ecclesiastical Superior of the independent mission :

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(1910.06.19 – 1924.09.25) : BIOS TO ELABORATE ;permanent Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia *

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(1924.09.25 – 1928.11.14) *

Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos The name ''Teodoro'' is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Theodore. People Given name * Teodoro Alcalde (1913–1995) * Teodoro Ardemans (died 1726) * Teodoro Borlongan (1955–2005) * Teodoro Buontempo (1946–2013) * Teodoro Cano Garc ...

, Picpus Fathers (SS.CC. ) (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,

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(O.C.D. ) (1955.09.21 – 1983.05.03) * Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1983.12.12 – 1996.02.29) *

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Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1995.04.29 – 1996.09.08) *

Ricardo Ezzati Andrello Ricardo Ezzati Andrello (, ; born 7 January 1942) is an Italian-Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from December 2010 to March 2019 and has been a cardinal since February 2014. He previously served ...

, Salesians (S.D.B. ) (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 - )

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org – data for all sections

Diocese website

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Religious organizations established in 1910 Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, t ...

1910 establishments in Chile Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condit ...

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