Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno

Diocese of Osorno
Dioecesis Osornensis
Diócesis de Osorno

Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
Location
Country Chile
Ecclesiastical province Puerto Montt
Metropolitan Puerto Montt
Statistics
Area 9,236 km2 (3,566 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
221,509
113,159 (51.1%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 15 November 1955 (59 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of St Matthew in Osorno
Patron saint St Matthew the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Juan Barros Madrid
Metropolitan Archbishop Cristián Caro Cordero
Apostolic Administrator Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno (in Latin: Dioecesis Osornensis ) is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. The diocese was established on 15 November 1955 by Pope Pius XII by means of the Bulla Christianorum qui in Diocesibus. Its current bishop is Most Rev. René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas.

Diocesan statistics

The diocese, which comprises the entire province of Osorno in the Los Lagos region of Chile, covers a territory of 9,236 km² and has 22 parishes. According to the 2002 census by the Chilean Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 69.3% of the diocesan population of Osorno, ages 15 and over, considered themselves as Catholic. This figure represents about 154,000 Catholics out of a total population of 221,509 (2002).

The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of San Mateo in the city of Osorno.

Bishops of Osorno

Parishes

Osorno Cathedral interior

City of Osorno and its surroundings:

Other localities:

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