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Cristián Contreras Molina
Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina (born 8 November 1946) is a native of Chile and a former bishop of the Catholic Church. He was Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Chile, Bishop of San Felipe from 2002 to 2018. Biography He was born on 8 November 1946 in Santiago de Chile. He entered the novitiate of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, Mercedarians in 1961 and studied philosophy and theology with them and in the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Religious Studies in 1974. He took his perpetual vows on 21 September 1973 and he was ordained a priest on 12 October 1974 by Archbishop Sotero Sanz Villalba, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile. After ordination he worked in various parishes in Valdivia (1975), Calama (1976-1983), and San Felipe (1985). He was appointed Superior and Rector of the College of the Mercedarians in Santiago (1985-1989). In 1990 he was named Major Chaplain of the Gendarmerie and Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mons
Mons commonly refers to: * Mons, Belgium, a city in Belgium * Mons pubis (mons Venus or mons veneris), in mammalian anatomy, the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone * Mons (planetary nomenclature), a sizable extraterrestrial mountain * Battle of Mons, a 1914 World War I battle in Mons, Belgium Mons or MONS may also refer to: Places * Mons, Queensland, Australia, a suburb of the Sunshine Coast * Mons, Graubünden, Switzerland, a village France * Mons, Charente, a commune in the Charente ''département'' * Mons, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime ''département'' * Mons, Gard, a commune in the Gard ''département'' * Mons, Haute-Garonne, a commune in the Haute-Garonne ''département'' * Mons, Hérault, a commune in the Hérault ''département'' * Mons, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme ''département'' * Mons, Var, a commune in the Var ''département'' * Mons-Boubert, a commune in the Somme ''département'' * Mons-en-Barœul, a commune in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Felipe, Chile
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe () is a diocese located in the city of San Felipe in the ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in Chile. The diocese was led by an apostolic administrator, Jaime Ortiz de Lazcano Piquer, from 21 September 2018 (when Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Cristián Contreras Molina, whom the Vatican had found innocent of charges of sexual abuse and who had had civil charges dropped for lack of evidence.) until 26 May 2020, when Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez was appointed the new Bishop (consecrated and installed on 13 August). History * 18 October 1925: Established as Diocese of San Felipe from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile Leadership * Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...s of San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago De Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital city, capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's Chilean Central Valley, central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, which has a population of seven million, representing 40% of Chile's total population. Most of the city is situated between above mean sea level, above sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has served as the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city features a downtown core characterized by 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side streets with a mix of Art Deco, Gothic Revival, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is defined by several Inselberg, standalone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, which is lined by parks such as Parque Bicentenario, Parque Forestal, and Parque de la Familia. The Andes, Andes Mountains are visibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Of Mercy
The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives (, abbreviated O. de M.), also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order established in 1218 by Peter Nolasco in the city of Barcelona, at that time the capital of the Principality of Catalonia, part of the Crown of Aragon, for the redemption of Christian captives. Its members are most commonly known as Mercedarian friars or nuns. One of the distinguishing marks of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy is that, since its foundation, its members are required to take a fourth vow: to die, if necessary, for another who is in danger of losing their faith. The Order exists today in 17 countries. General background Between the eighth and the fifteenth centuries, medieval Europe was in a state of intermittent warfare between the Christian kingdoms of southern Europe and the Muslim polities of North Africa, Southern France, Sicily and Moorish portions of Spain. Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sotero Sanz Villalba
Sotero Sanz Villalba (22 April 1919 – 17 January 1978) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Sotero Sanz Villalba was born on 22 April 1919 in El Buste, Aragon, Spain. He studied at the diocesan seminaries of Tarazona and Tudela and at the Pontifical University of Comillas, where he received his doctorate in canon law. He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1942 in Comillas. He then held a series of posts at the seminary of Tarazona. He completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1948. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and became head of the Spanish language section of the Secretariat of State. He served as Spanish interpreter when groups had private audiences with Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. In 1967 he was named the Secretariat's chief of protocol. On 16 July 1970, Pope Paul VI named him Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta and Apostolic Nuncio to Chile. He rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage acting. He graduated with excellent grades from an All-boys school, all-boys high school in Wadowice, Poland, in 1938, soon after which World War II broke out. During the war, to avoid being kidnapped and sent to a Forced labour under German rule during World War II, German forced labour camp, he signed up for work in harsh conditions in a quarry. Wojtyła eventually took up acting and developed a love for the profession and participated at a local theatre. The linguistically skilled Wojtyła wanted to study Polish language, Polish at university. Encouraged by a conversation with Adam Stefan Sapieha, he decided to study theology and become a priest. Eventually, Wojtyła rose to the position of Archbishop of Kra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Juan De Calama
The Diocese of San Juan de Calama () is a diocese located in the city of Calama in the ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta in Chile. History * 21 July 1965: Established as the Territorial Prelature of Calama from Diocese of Antofagasta and Diocese of Iquique * 20 February 2010: Promoted as Diocese of San Juan de Calama Leadership, in reverse chronological order * Bishops of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez (2016.03.21 – 2022.07.13), appointed Bishop of Punta Arenas ** Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (2010.02.20 – 2014.02.22), appointed Bishop of Iquique * Territorial Prelates of Calama (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (2003.04.10 – 2010.02.20) ** Bishop Cristián Contreras Molina, O. de M. (1992.06.11 – 2002.07.19), appointed Bishop of San Felipe ** Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. (1982.03.05 – 1991.11.30) ** Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. (Aposto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Oviedo Cavada
Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (19 January 1927 – 7 December 1998) was a Chilean Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1990 to 1998, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. Biography Cavada was born in Santiago, and entered the Order of Mercy on 28 January 1944, taking simple vows on 18 March 1945 and solemn vows on 19 March 1948. He entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He was ordained on 24 September 1949 in Santiago and later went on to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1949 to 1953 where he earned a doctorate in canon law. He was a faculty member and spiritual director at St. Peter Nolasco School and after that a faculty member at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile from 1953 until 1958. From 1958 until 1961 he worked in the general curia of his order and pursued further studies in the Vatican Secret Archives. Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Benevento an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy See Press Office
The Holy See Press Office (; ) is the press office of the Holy See. It publishes the official news of the activities of the Pope and of the various departments of the Roman Curia. All speeches, messages and documents, as well as the statements issued by the Director, are published in their entirety. The press office is located outside Vatican City, in Via della Conciliazione. Role The press office operates every day in Italian, although texts in other languages are also available. On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis, through an Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times, apostolic letter issued ''motu proprio'' ("on his own initiative"), established the Secretariat for Communication in the Roman Curia. The Press Office was incorporated into it, but at the same time belongs to the Secretariat of State (Holy See), Secretariat of State. On 21 December 2015, Pope Francis appointed Greg Burke (journalist), Dr. Greg Burke, formerly the Communications Advisor for the Secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Pope Gregory III, Gregory III. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a family of Italian Argentines, Italian origin, Bergoglio was inspired to join the Jesuits in 1958 after recovering from a severe illness. He was Ordination#Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches, ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 he was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Following resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the 2013 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Chile
The Catholic Church in Chile is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Episcopal Conference of Chile. The Church is composed of 5 archdioceses, 18 dioceses, 2 territorial prelatures, 1 apostolic vicariate, 1 military ordinariate and a personal prelature (Opus Dei). The government observes the following Catholic Holy Days as national holidays (if on a week day): Good Friday, Christmas, Feast of the Virgin of Carmen, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the Feast of the Assumption, and All Saints Day. The Catholic Church in Chile has had a complex relationship with the Chilean state, particularly during the latter half of the 20th century, with the government of Salvador Allende and the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The influence of liberation theology and political ideologies also contributed to internal disagreements and changing Church attitudes. In 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
