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Diocese of

Chillán

Chile Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Concepción

Patron Saint: San Bartolomé

Address: Libertad 640, piso 2, Chillán, Chile

Phone: 42-222337

History

  • 1916: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Chillán / Chillanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción)
  • 1925.10.18: Promoted as Diocese of Chillán / Chillanen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chillán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. (51)Bishop Carlos Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. (51)
(2006.03.25 – ...)

Born:1958.07.28 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1985.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:2006.04.29

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (2006.03.25 – ...)

Bishop Alberto Jara Franzoy (80)Bishop Alberto Jara Franzoy (80)
(1982.04.30 – 2006.03.25)

Veni ministrare

Born:1929.07.27 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1962.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:1982.06.06

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1982.04.30 – 2006.03.25)

Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus (76)Bishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus (76) (later Archbishop)
(1974.12.14 – 1981.11.09)

Born:1933.12.18 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1961.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1975.03.02

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1974.12.14 – 1981.11.09)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family (1981.08.04 – 1985.01.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1985.01.22 – 1990.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1990.09.29 – 1997.04.16)

Bishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz (later Archbishop)
(1955.08.28 – 1974.07.16)

Gressus meos dirige

Born:1911.06.02 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1934.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1955.10.18
Died:2008.06.29 († 97)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1955.08.28 – 1974.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1974.07.16 – 1987.05.13)

Bishop Jorge Larraín Cotapos
(1937.03.20 – 1955.08.10)

Born:1887.06.13 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1915.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1937.04.25
Died:1955.08.10 († 68)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1937.03.20 – 1955.08.10)

Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor
(1925.12.14 – 1935.01.06)

Born:1867.01.26 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1890.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1923.07.25
Died:1935.01.06 († 67)

Apostolic Administrator of Tarapacá (Chile) (1906 – 1910)

Titular Bishop of Mariamme (1923.03.16 – 1925.12.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Chillán (Chile) (1923.03.16 – 1925.12.14)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1935.01.06)

Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor
(Apostolic Administrator 1923.03.16 – 1925.12.14)

Fr. Luis A. Venegas Henríquez
(Apostolic Administrator 1922 – 1924)

Fr. Zacarías Muñoz Henríquez
(Apostolic Administrator 1920 – 1921)

Bishop Reinaldo Muñoz Olave
(Apostolic Administrator 1916.03.01 – 1920)


as of 2010.03.13

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