Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción

Erected: 22 March 1563

• Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M. (22 Mar 1564 – 9 Mar 1588 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
• Agustín de Cisneros Montesa (9 Mar 1589 – 1596 Died)
• Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P. (31 Aug 1598 – 20 Jul 1609 Appointed, Bishop of Paraguay)[3]

Renamed: 1603

• Carlos Marcelo Corni Velazquez (18 Oct 1618 – 17 Aug 1620 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)[3]
• Luis Jerónimo Oré, O.F.M. (17 Aug 1620 – 30 Jan 1630 Died)[3]
• Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero (14 Mar 1633 – 12 Dec 1652 Died)[3]
• Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist. (23 Jun 1653 – 19 Sep 1661 Died)[3]
• Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.S.A. (15 Jul 1669 – Nov 1677 Died)[3]
• Antonio de Morales, O.P. (25 May 1682 – Dec 1683 Died)
• Luis de Lemos y Usategui, O.S.A. (16 Sep 1686 – 27 Nov 1692 Resigned)
• Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, O.S.A. (13 Apr 1693 – 15 May 1704 Died)
• Diego Montero del Aguila (3 Oct 1708 – 21 Jan 1715 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
• Juan de Necolalde (1 Apr 1715 – 12 May 1723 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
• Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. (12 May 1723 – 18 Jun 1731 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
• Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra (18 Jun 1731 – 28 Feb 1734 Confirmed, Bishop of La Paz)
• Andrés Paredes Polanco y Armendáriz (28 Feb 1734- 28 Feb 1735, became Bishop of Quito)
• Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen (28 Feb 1735 – 18 Dec 1744 Confirmed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
• José de Toro y Zambrano (18 Dec 1744 – 1 May 1760 Died)
• Pedro Ángel de Espiñeira, O.F.M. (23 Nov 1761 – 9 Feb 1778 Died)
• Francisco José Marán (1 Mar 1779 – 12 Sep 1794 Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Chile)
• Tomás de Roa y Alarcón (12 Sep 1794 – 5 Sep 1805 Died)
• Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras (26 Aug 1806 – 16 Mar 1818 Confirmed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
• José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga (17 Dec 1832 – 27 Apr 1840 Retired)
• Diego Antonio Elizondo y Prado (27 Apr 1840 – 5 Oct 1852 Died)
• José Hipólito Salas y Toro (23 Jun 1854 – 20 Jul 1883 Died)
• Fernando Blaitt Mariño (17 Dec 1886 – 14 Jul 1887 Died)
• Plácido Labarca Olivares (26 Jun 1890 – 9 Oct 1905 Died)
• Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas (29 Jan 1906 – 7 Aug 1917 Died)
• Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán (20 Feb 1918 – 24 Mar 1938 Died)

Elevated: 20 May 1939

• Alfredo Silva Santiago (4 Feb 1939 – 27 Apr 1963 Resigned)
• Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (25 Jun 1963 – 3 May 1983 Retired)
• José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. (3 May 1983 – 29 Jul 1988 Resigned)
• Antonio Moreno Casamitjana (14 Oct 1989 – 27 Dec 2006 Retired)
• Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. (27 Dec 2006 – 15 Dec 2010 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile; Cardinal in 2014)
• Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib (20 Apr 2011 Appointed – )

• Arturo Mery Beckdorf (1955-1963), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena

• Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen (1735-1742), appointed Bishop here
• Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (1964-1974), appointed Archbishop of Antofagasta; future Cardinal
• Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (1974-1977), appointed Bishop of Temuco
• Alejandro Goić Karmelić (1979-1991), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Talca
• Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (1991-2006), appointed Bishop of Los Angeles
• Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic (1997-2003), appointed Bishop of Linares
• Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic (2008-2011), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

• Alonso del Pozo y Silva, appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina in 1713
• José Antonio Humeres y Miranda, appointed Bishop of Panamá in 1777
• Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade, appointed Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador in 1805
• Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla, appointed Vicar General of Temuco in 1908 (titular bishop in 1911)
• Reinaldo Muñoz Olave, appointed Vicar General of Chillán (and titular bishop) in 1916