The Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco ( la, Temucen(sis)) is the ecclesiastical circumscription of the

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that, with its seat in

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, shares the ecclesiastical government of the territory of

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(

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) together with the Diocese of Villarrica, covering the entire Province of Malleco and part of the Province of Cautín. In its totality it includes the communes of Perquenco,

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, Cholchol and Temuco, and most of the communes of Lautaro, Nueva Imperial and Carahue. It is a suffragan of the

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. The Diocese of Temuco is the current administrator of the

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History

* 1908: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Temuco from the Diocese of Concepción * 18 October 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Temuco

Bishops

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s of Temuco (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Hector Eduardo Vargas Bastidas (2013.05.14 – 2022.03.07) ** Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón (2001.09.21 – 2013.05.14) ** Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1977.12.23 – 2001.09.21) ** Bishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1960.12.10 – 1977.12.28), resigned; appointed Archbishop of La Serena in 1983 ** Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira (1941.08.09 – 1960.09.13) ** Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC. (1939.08.29 – 1941.02.09), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile ** Bishop Alfredo Silva Santiago (1935.02.23 – 1939.02.04), appointed Bishop of Concepción; future Archbishop ** Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. (1925.12.14 – 1934.12.15); was Vicar General and titular bishop here, 1920-1925 ** Bishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla (Apostolic Administrator 1908 – 1919)

Auxiliary bishop

Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson Jorge María Hourton Poisson (May 27, 1926 – December 5, 2011) was the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Materiana and, in 1992–2001, the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco, Chile. Born in France, he acquired Chile ...

(1992-2001)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla (priest of diocese of Concepción who was then Vicar General here, 1908-1919; titular bishop in 1911)

Sources

Giga-Catholic Information

Diocese website
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