The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca, (in

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: ''Dioecesis Talcensis''), is a

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of the

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. Its current bishop, Galo Fernández Villaseca, was appointed on 20 March 2021. The diocesan

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is in the city of

Talca Talca () is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, Chile, Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the ...

History

The dioceses of Talca, of Rancagua and of San Felipe were erected by

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on 18 October 1925 by means of the

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"''Notabiliter Aucto''".

Diocesan statistics

The diocese lies in the

Maule Region The Maule Region ( es, Región del Maule, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region derives its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a ...

of Chile and covers a territory of 17,000 km². It is comprised by the province of Curicó and by eight

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('' comunas'') of the

province of Talca Talca Province ( es, Provincia de Talca) is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). Its capital is the city of Talca. Administration As a province, Talca is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed b ...

(the parishes of the municipalities of Empedrado and Constitución are jurisdictionally attached to the neighboring diocese of Linares, from an ecclesiastical point of view). The diocese is divided into 45

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es (as of April 2015), grouped in 5 pastoral zones.

Bishops

* Miguel León Prado (

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) † (12 June 1913 – 18 October 1925 appointed, auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile) * Carlos Silva Cotapos † (14 December 1925 – 21 January 1939 resigned) * Manuel Larraín Errázuriz † (21 January 1939 succeeded – 22 June 1966 died) * Carlos González Cruchaga (4 January 1967 – 12 December 1996 retired) * Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (12 December 1996 appointed – 28 June 2018 retired) * Galo Fernández Villaseca (20 March 2021 appointed – present)

Coadjutor bishop

Manuel Larraín Errazuriz Manuel Larraín Errazuriz (born 1900 in Santiago) was a Chilean clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca, (in Latin: ''Dioecesis Talcensis''), is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of ...

(1938-1939

Auxiliary bishops

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(1958-1960), appointed Bishop of Temuco *

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(1963-1965), appointed Bishop of San Felipe * Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1975-1983), appointed Bishop of Valdivia *

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(1988-1991), appointed Bishop of Melipilla *

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(1991-1994), appointed Bishop of Osorno

Other priest of this diocese who became bishops

* Miguel León Prado (Vicar General here, 1913-1925), appointed Bishop of Linares

Pastoral zones and Parishes

Pastoral zones

Urban Talca

* El Sagrario * Corazón de María * Nuestra Señora de Fátimawebsite
/ref> * San Luis * Santa Ana * St. Augustine Cathedral * San Sebastián * Inmaculada Concepción * Los Doce Apóstoles * Santa Teresita * La Merced * Espíritu Santo * Sagrada Familia * San Alberto Hurtado

Rural Talca

* San José, Colín ( Maule) * Sagrado Corazón, Maule * San José, Duao (Maule) * San Rafael, San Rafael * San José,

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* San Clemente,

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* Inmaculada Concepción,

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* Bajos de Lircay, San Clemente * Santa Amalia, El Sauce (Talca) * Sagrado Corazón, Gualleco (

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)

Urban Curicó

* La Merced * San Juan Bautista * Nuestra Señora del Rosario * Cristo Resucitado * Jesús Obrero * Jesús de Nazareth * Iglesia San Francisco * San José * Santa Fé

Rural Curicó

* San Juan de Dios,

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* Nuestra Señora del Pilar,

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* San Pedro,

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* San Bonifacio, Lontué * Unidad Pastoral, Sarmiento (Curicó) * Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Molina * Sagrada Familia,

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* Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Cordillerilla (Los Niches, Curicó) * San Pedro y San Pablo, ''Comunidad de Casablanca'' (Lontué) * Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Cumpeo ( Río Claro)

Coastal Zone

* Inmaculada Concepción, Villa Prat (Sagrada Familia) * Santísimo Sacramento,

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* Nuestra Señora del Rosario,

* San Miguel Arcángel,

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* Nuestra Señora del Carmen,

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* San Policarpo, La Huerta de Mataquito (Hualañé) * Vice-Parish of Llico (Vichuquén)

External links

Website of the diocese (in Spanish)
*www.catholic-hierarchy.org

References

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