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History

* 22 March 1563: Established as Diocese of La Imperial from the Diocese of Santiago de Chile * 1603: Renamed as Diocese of Concepción * 20 May 1939: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción

Ordinaries

Diocese of La Imperial

''Erected: 22 March 1563'' * Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. (22 Mar 1564 – 9 Mar 1588 Appointed, Bishop of Quito) * Agustín de Cisneros Montesa (9 Mar 1589 – 1596 Died) * Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. (31 Aug 1598 – 20 Jul 1609 Appointed, Bishop of Paraguay) ''(in Latin)''

Diocese of Concepción

''Renamed: 1603'' *

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(18 Oct 1618 – 17 Aug 1620 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo) *

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, O.F.M. (17 Aug 1620 – 30 Jan 1630 Died) *

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(14 Mar 1633 – 12 Dec 1652 Died) * Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. (23 Jun 1653 – 19 Sep 1661 Died) * Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.S.A. (15 Jul 1669 – Nov 1677 Died) *

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, O.P. (25 May 1682 – Dec 1683 Died) *

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, O.S.A. (16 Sep 1686 – 27 Nov 1692 Resigned) *

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) *Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (18 Jun 1731 – 28 Feb 1734 Confirmed,

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) *Andrés Paredes Polanco y Armendáriz (28 Feb 1734- 28 Feb 1735, became Bishop of Quito) *Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen (28 Feb 1735 – 18 Dec 1744 Confirmed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada) *José de Toro y Zambrano (18 Dec 1744 – 1 May 1760 Died) *Pedro Ángel de Espiñeira, O.F.M. (23 Nov 1761 – 9 Feb 1778 Died) *Francisco José Marán (1 Mar 1779 – 12 Sep 1794 Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Chile) *Tomás de Roa y Alarcón (12 Sep 1794 – 5 Sep 1805 Died) *Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras (26 Aug 1806 – 16 Mar 1818 Confirmed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) * José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga (17 Dec 1832 – 27 Apr 1840 Retired) *Diego Antonio Elizondo y Prado (27 Apr 1840 – 5 Oct 1852 Died) * José Hipólito Salas y Toro (23 Jun 1854 – 20 Jul 1883 Died) *Fernando Blaitt Mariño (17 Dec 1886 – 14 Jul 1887 Died) *Plácido Labarca Olivares (26 Jun 1890 – 9 Oct 1905 Died) *Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas (29 Jan 1906 – 7 Aug 1917 Died) *Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán (20 Feb 1918 – 24 Mar 1938 Died)

Archdiocese of Concepción

''Elevated: 20 May 1939'' *Alfredo Silva Santiago (4 Feb 1939 – 27 Apr 1963 Resigned) *Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (25 Jun 1963 – 3 May 1983 Retired) *José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. (3 May 1983 – 29 Jul 1988 Resigned) * Antonio Moreno Casamitjana (14 Oct 1989 – 27 Dec 2006 Retired) *

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, S.D.B. (27 Dec 2006 – 15 Dec 2010 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile; Cardinal in 2014) *Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib (20 Apr 2011 Appointed – )

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor archbishop

* Arturo Mery Beckdorf (1955-1963), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena

Auxiliary bishops

* Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen (1735-1742), appointed Bishop here *

Carlos Oviedo Cavada Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (19 January 1927 – 7 December 1998) was a Chilean Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1990 to 1998, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. Biography Cavad ...

, O. de M. (1964-1974), appointed Archbishop of Antofagasta; future Cardinal * Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1974-1977), appointed Bishop of Temuco *

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(1979-1991), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Talca * Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (1991-2006), appointed Bishop of Los Angeles * Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic (1997-2003), appointed Bishop of Linares * Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic (2008-2011), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Alonso del Pozo y Silva, appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina in 1713 * José Antonio Humeres y Miranda, appointed Bishop of Panamá in 1777 * Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade, appointed Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador in 1805 * Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla, appointed Vicar General of Temuco in 1908 (titular bishop in 1911) *

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, appointed Vicar General of Chillán (and titular bishop) in 1916

Suffragan dioceses

* San Bartolomé de Chillán * Santa Maria de Los Ángeles *

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* Villarrica

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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