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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia ( la, Valdivien(sis)) is a Latin rite
suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ...
in the Ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos.


History

* 14 June 1910: Established as
Mission “sui iuris” A mission '' sui iuris'', or in Latin ''missio sui iuris'' (plural ''missions sui iuris''); also spelled mission(s) sui juris), also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction, ranki ...
of Valdivia, on territory split off from the
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* 25 September 1924: Promoted as Apostolic Administration of Valdivia * 8 July 1944: Promoted as Diocese of Valdivia * Lost territory on 1955.11.15 to establish the
Diocese of Osorno The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno (in Latin: '' Dioecesis Osornensis '') is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. The diocese was established on 15 November 1955 by Pope Pius XII by means of the papal bull ''Christ ...


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 The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while dist ...
) ;Ecclesiastical Superior of the independent mission : Augusto Klinke Leier (1910.06.19 – 1924.09.25) : BIOS TO ELABORATE ;permanent Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia *
Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...
Augusto Klinke Leier (1924.09.25 – 1928.11.14) * Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, Picpus Fathers (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, Teresian Carmelites (O.C.D. ) (1955.09.21 – 1983.05.03) * Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1983.12.12 – 1996.02.29) * Apostolic Administrator Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1995.04.29 – 1996.09.08) * Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, Salesians (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 - )


See also

* List of Catholic dioceses in Chile


Sources and external links


GCatholic.org – data for all sections

Diocese website


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Religious organizations established in 1910 Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, t ...
1910 establishments in Chile Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condit ...