The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles ( la, Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a

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located in the city of Los Ángeles in the

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of Concepción in Chile.

History

* 20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and the

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Bishops

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s of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (2006.01.07 – present) ** Bishop

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(1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07) ** Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19) ** Bishop

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(1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13), appointed Bishop of San Bernardo ** Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02), appointed Bishop of Rancagua ** Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21) ** Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin, appointed Bishop of Villarrica

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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