Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso (Latin: Vallis Paradisi) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in central Chile.

Diocese of Valparaíso

Dioecesis Vallis Paradisi

Diócesis de Valparaíso
Cathedral of St. James
Location
CountryChile
Ecclesiastical provinceSantiago de Chile
MetropolitanSantiago de Chile
Statistics
Area4,600 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
1,259,000
932,000 (74%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established2 November 1872 (148 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St James in Valparaíso
Patron saintOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopvacant
Metropolitan ArchbishopCelestino Aós Braco, OFM Cap
Apostolic AdministratorPedro Ossandón
Bishops emeritusGonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar
Website
www.obispadodevalparaiso.cl

Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral de Santiago, dedicated to the Apostle St. James the Elder (Spanish: Santiago) in the city of Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province, is a Minor World Heritage Site.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 966,000 Catholics (74.1% of 1,304,000 total) on 4,763 km² in 69 parishes and 260 missions with 171 priests (86 diocesan, 85 religious), 71 deacons, 406 lay religious (133 brothers, 273 sisters) and 16 seminarians.

History

  • Established on November 2, 1872 as Mission “sui iuris” of Valparaíso on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
  • Promoted on October 18, 1925 to Diocese of Valparaíso
  • Lost territory in 1981 to the Diocese of San Felipe
  • Gained territory in 2001 from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Araucanía (now Diocese of Villarrica).

Bishops

Bishops of Valparaíso

Auxiliary bishops

  • Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. (1988–1993), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
  • Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid (1995–2000), appointed Bishop of Iquique
  • Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales (2002–2015), appointed Bishop of Chile, Militar

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Mariano Jaime Casanova Casanova (Vicar General here, 1872–1885), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile in 1886
  • Salvador Donos Rodríguez (Vicar General here, 1885–1892), never consecrated bishop
  • Manuel Tomás Mesa (Vicar General here, 1892, did not take effect?)
  • Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz (Vicar General here, 1894–1898), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
  • José Manuel Santos Ascarza, appointed Bishop of Valdivia in 1955
  • Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military in 1959; consecrated bishop in 1962
  • Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud in 1966
  • Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas, appointed Bishop of Copiapó in 1968
  • Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez, appointed Bishop of San Felipe in 2020

See also


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