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

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suffragan diocese 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

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, 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 Mission “sui iuris” of Valdivia, on territory split off from the

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* 25 September 1924: Promoted as

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of Valdivia * 8 July 1944: Promoted as Diocese of Valdivia * Lost territory on 1955.11.15 to establish the Diocese of Osorno

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 Roman rite) ;Ecclesiastical Superior of the independent mission :

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(1910.06.19 – 1924.09.25) : BIOS TO ELABORATE ;permanent Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia * Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis

(1924.09.25 – 1928.11.14) *

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(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) *

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(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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdivia, Roman Catholic Diocese Roman Catholic dioceses in Chile Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Concepción

Los Ríos Region The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: ''Región de Los Ríos'', , ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 2007 ...

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religious organizations established in 1910 1910 establishments in Chile

History

Statistics

Ordinaries

See also

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