Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso

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Diocese of Valparaíso
Dioecesis Vallis Paradisi
Statistics
Country: Chile
Metropolitan: Santiago de Chile
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 4,600 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
1,148,111 (2004)
918,488 (80.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral de Santiago
Ordinaries
Bishop: Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.
Auxiliary Bishop: Santiago Silva Retamales

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso {Latin: Vallis Paradisi } is a diocese located in the city of Valparaíso in the Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in Chile.

[edit] History

  • November 2, 1872: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Valparaíso from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
  • October 18, 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Valparaíso

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Valparaíso (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (1998.12.04 – present)
    • Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Schönstatt Fathers (1996.09.24 – 1998.04.24)
    • Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (1993.04.16 – 1996.06.21)
    • Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1983.05.03 – 1993.04.16)
    • Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias (1961.05.22 – 1983.05.03)
    • Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (1959.10.24 – 1961.05.14)
    • Bishop Rafael Lira Infante (1938.03.18 – 1958.10.26)
    • Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut (1925.12.14 – 1937.08.29)
    • Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut (Apostolic Administrator 1906.03.10 – 1925.12.14)
    • Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz (Apostolic Administrator 1894.03.13 – 1898.04.28)

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