The Apostolic Vicariate of Aysén ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Aysenensis) is a

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missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the

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. Originally, it was established as an

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on 17 February 1940 by

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and was subsequently elevated to apostolic vicariate on 8 May 1955. Its current bishop (Vicar Apostolic) is Mgr. Luigi Infanti della Mora, O.S.M.

Diocesan statistics

The vicariate, which comprises the entire Region of Aisén (Aisén) in southern Chile, covers a territory of 109,865 km² and has 6

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es. It is estimated than 79% of the inhabitants of the vicariate are Catholic.Aysén (Vicariate Apostolic) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
/ref> This figure represents about 72,000 Catholics out of a total population of 90,000. The vicariate is entrusted to the priests of the Lombardo-Veneto ''province'' (Italy) of the Servite Order. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Santa Teresita in the city of Puerto Aisén, Chile, Puerto Aisén.

Bishops of the vicariate

* Antonio María Michelato Danese † (5 April 1940 – September 1958 resigned) * Cesar Gerardo Vielmo Guerra † (19 December 1959 – 16 June 1963, died) * Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo (10 December 1963 – 8 February 1988 appointed

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Puerto Montt Puerto Montt (Mapuche: Meli Pulli) is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago. The commune ...

) * Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella † (15 May 1989 – 19 January 1998 resigned) * Luigi Infanti della Mora (30 August 1999 – )

Parishes

* Santa Teresita, Cathedral - Puerto Aysén Communities comprised in the parish: Sagrado Corazón, El Buen Pastor, El Carmen, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Catedral, Jesús Nazareno, Puerto Chacabuco. Comunidades Rurales: El Salto, Los Torreones, El Balseo, Villa Mañihuales, Alto Mañihuales * Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Co-cathedral - Coyhaique Communities comprised in the parish: Urban: Co-catedral, Maria Inmaculada, Santuario Del Carmen, Sagrada Familia, San José, Cristo Obrero, Siete Santos Fundadores, Santos Juan Y Pablo, Santuario Jesús Nazareno, Santa Teresita de los Andes. Rural: Balmaceda, El Blanco, Puerto Ibáñez, Levican, Cerro Castillo, Lago Pollux, Valle Simpson, Villa Frei, Seis Lagunas, Lago Atravesado, Alto Baguales, Villa Ortega, El Gato, Ñirehuao * Nuestra Señora del Carmen -

Chile Chico Chile Chico (Spanish for ''Little Chile'') is a town in General Carrera Province, Aisén Region, Patagonia, Chile. It is located on the south shore of General Carrera Lake. Chile Chico, which has around 3,000 inhabitants, is the eponymous c ...

Communities comprised in the parish: Chile Chico, Fachinal, Mallin Grande, Puerto Guadal, Puerto Bertrand, Río Tranquilo, Bahía Murta, Puerto Sánchez. * Estrella del Mar - Puerto Aguirre Communities comprised in the parish: Puerto Aguirre, Caleta Andrade, Estero Copa * San José Obrero - Cochrane Communities comprised in the parish: Cochrane, Caleta Tortel, Villa O'Higgins * Nuestra Señora del Trabajo -

Puerto Cisnes Puerto Cisnes (Spanish for: "port swans") is a town and seaport in Cisnes commune, Aysén Province, Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region in the Chilean Patagonia. The town is on the Puyuhuapi Channel at the outflow of Cisnes Rive ...

Communities comprised in the parish: Puerto Cisnes, Villa Amengual, La Tapera, Lago Verde, La Junta, Puyuhuapi, Puerto Raúl Marín Balmaceda, Puerto Gala, Puerto Gaviota.

References

External links

Website of the diocese (in Spanish)
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