Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Chile Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Chile
Location
Country	Chile
Ecclesiastical province	Santiago de Chile
Statistics
Area	9,132 km2 (3,526 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 5,848,000 4,059,000 (69.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	27 June 1561 (456 years ago)
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of St James
Patron saint	St James the Greater
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ricardo Ezzati Andrello
Auxiliary Bishops	Andrés Arteaga Manieu Cristián Contreras Villarroel Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez
Emeritus Bishops	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus
Map
Website
www.iglesiadesantiago.cl

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Chile) is one of the five Latin Metropolitan sees of the Roman Catholic Church in Chile. The current Archbishop is Ricardo Ezzati Andrello.

Ecclesiastical province

Its Suffragan sees are :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Melipilla
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Rancagua
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardo
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Chile
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso

Special churches

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago in the national capital Santiago de Chile.

It also has six Minor Basilicas: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, a National Shrine, in wine town Maipú, and five more in capital Santiago itself : Basílica de Lourdes Lourdes, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, Basílica del Corazón de María, (all four Marian) and Basílica del Salvador, dedicated to the savior.

History

• On 27 June 1561, Pope Pius IV established the Diocese of Santiago de Chile, on territories split off from the Diocese of La Plata o Charcas and the Archdiocese of Lima.
• It lost territories repeatedly : on 22 May 1563 to establish the Diocese of Concepción, on 10 May 1570 to establish the Diocese of Córdoba and on 1806.03.28 to establish the Diocese of Salta.
• Pope Gregory XVI elevated the bishopric to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile on 21 May 1840.
• Since then it has lost territory five more times : on 1840.07.01 to establish the then of Diocese of La Serena (now an Archdiocese), on 1872.11.02: Lost territory to establish the then Mission sui juris of Valparaíso (now Diocese of Valparaíso, on 1925.10.18 to establish the Diocese of Rancagua, Diocese of San Felipe and Diocese of Talca, on 1987.07.13 to establish Diocese of San Bernardo (1987), and on 1991.04.04 to establish the Melipilla (1991).
• It enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II I April 1987.

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Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago in the city's central square.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 4,205,000 Catholics (66.9% of 6,290,000 total) on 9,132 km² in 213 parishes and a mission with 877 priests (250 diocesan, 627 religious), 339 deacons, 3,109 lay religious (1,255 brothers, 1,854 sisters), 46 seminarians.^[1]

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite) ^[1]

Suffragan Bishops of Santiago de Chile

• Monseñor Rodrigo González de Marmolejo (1561.06.27 – death 1564.09)
• Monseñor Fernando de Barrionuevo, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1566.12.17 – death 1571.07.26)
• Monseñor Diego de Medellín, O.F.M. (1574.06.18 – death 1593)
• Monseñor Pedro de Azuaga, O.F.M. (1596.02.07 – death 1597.11)
• Monseñor Juan Pérez de Espinosa, O.F.M. (1600.05.12 – 1622.06.22)
• Monseñor Francisco González de Salcedo Castro (1622.07.11 – death 1634.08.10)
• Monseñor Gaspar de Villarroel, Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (1637.04.20 – 1651.12.11), next Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1651.12.11 – 1659.01.27), Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1659.01.27 – death 1665.10.12)
• Monseñor Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero (1653.03.17 – 1653.11.13), previously Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1633.03.14 – 1653.03.17)
• Monseñor Diego de Humansoro Carantía = Diego de Humanzoro, O.F.M., (1660.01.26 – death 1676.05.29)
• Monseñor Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (1678.03.14 – 1694.11.08), next Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1694.11.08 – death 1697.08.24)
• Monseñor Francisco de la Puebla González (1694.11.08 – death 1704.01.21)
• Monseñor Luis Francisco Romero (born Spain) (1705.01.26 – 1717.07.12), next Bishop of Quito (Ecuador, now Metropolitan) (1717.07.12 – 1725.11.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1725.11.19 – 1728.11.28)
• Monseñor Alejo Fernando de Rojas y Acevedo (1718.01.10 – 1723.08.30), next Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1723.08.30 – death 1730)
• Monseñor Alonso del Pozo y Silva (1723.11.22 – 1730.07.24), previously Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1713.09.01] 1713.12.11 – 1723.11.22); next Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1730.07.24 – retired 1742.01.22), died 1745
• Monseñor José Manuel de Sarricolea y Olea (born Peru) (1730.07.24 – 1734.05.05), previously Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1723.09.19] 1723.11.22 – 1730.07.24); later Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1734.05.05 – 1740.10.02)
• Monseñor Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa (born Peru), Oratorians of Philip Neri (C.O.) (1734.07.09 – 1743.01.28), next Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1743.01.28 – death 1752.05.22)
• Monseñor Juan González Melgarejo (born Paraguay), C.O. (1743.01.28 – 1753.11.26), next Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1753.11.26 – death 1754.03.06 not possessed)
• Monseñor Manuel de Alday y Axpée (1753.11.25 – born 1789.02.19)
• Monseñor Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo (born Spain) (1788.12.15 – 1794.09.12), previously Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1775.03.13 – 1776.12.16), Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1776.12.16 – 1788.12.15); next Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1794.09.12 – death 1798.04.26)
• Monseñor Francisco José Marán (1794.09.12 – death 1807.02.10), previously Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1779 – 1794.09.12)
• Monseñor José Santiago Rodríguez Zorrilla (1815.03.15 – death 1832.04.05)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga (1828.12.15 – 1832.12.17), Titular Bishop of Rhithymna (1828.12.15 – 1832.12.17); later Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1832.12.17 – retired 1840.04.11), died 1845
• Monseñor Manuel Vicuña Larraín (1832.07.02 – 1840.05.21see below), previously Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1828.12.15 – 1832.07.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1828.12.22 – 1832.07.02)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santiago de Chile

Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

1. Manuel Vicuña Larraín (see above 21 May 1840 - death 3 May 1843)
2. Rafael Valentín Valdivieso y Zañartu (4 Oct 1847 - death 8 June 1878)
   1. Auxiliary Bishop: José Miguel Aristegui Arostegui (1869.06.25 – death 1876.06.16), Titular Bishop of Himeria (1869.06.25 – 1876.06.16)
   2. Auxiliary Bishop: Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas (1877.12.31 – death 1897.09.26), first as Titular Bishop of Martyropolis (1877.12.31 – 1893.06.15), later promoted Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus (1893.06.15 – 1897.09.26)
3. Mariano Casanova y Casanova (29 Nov 1886 - death 16 May 1908)
   1. Auxiliary Bishop: Jorge Montes Solar (1892.07.11 – death 1900.03.07), Titular Bishop of Amathus (1892.07.11 – 1900.03.07)
   2. Auxiliary Bishop: José Ramón Astorga Salinas (1899.06.22 – death 1906.12.01), Titular Bishop of Martyropolis (1899.06.22 – 1906.12.01)
   3. Auxiliary Bishop: Rafael Fernández Concha (1901.01.14 – death 1912.10.13), Titular Bishop of Epiphania (1901.01.14 – 1912.10.13)
4. Juan Ignacio González Eyzaguirre (8 August 1908 - 9 June 1918), previously Titular Bishop of Flavias (1907.04.18 – 1908.08.08) as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1907.04.18 – 1908.08.08)
   1. Auxiliary Bishop: Miguel Claro Vásquez (1908.06.01 – death 1921.05.21), Titular Bishop of Legio (1908.06.01 – 1921.05.21)
5. Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso (30 Dec 1918 - death 5 June 1931)
   1. Auxiliary Bishop: Rafael Edwards Salas (1921.06.22 – death 1938.08.05), Titular Bishop of Dodona (1910.05.27 – 1938.08.05), first as Military Vicar of Chile (Chile) (1910.05.27 – 1938.08.05)
   2. Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Miguel León Prado (1925.10.18 – 1925.12.14), no titular see; next Bishop of Linares (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1934.03.03)
   3. Auxiliary Bishop: Luis Antonio Castro Alvarez, Picpus Fathers (SS.CC.) (1926.02.17 – death 1935.08.13), Titular Bishop of Lycopolis (1924.10.23 – 1935.08.13); previously Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1918.02.21 – 1924.10.23)
6. José Horacio Campillo Infante (11 August 1931 - retired 29 July 1939), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thracia (1939.07.29 – death 1956.06.14)
7. José María Cardinal Caro Rodríguez (28 August 1939 - 4 Dec 1958)
   1. Coadjutor Archbishop: Arturo Mery Beckdorf (1955.04.20 – 1961.05.14), Titular Archbishop of Phasis (1955.04.20 – 1976.05.28); previously Titular Bishop of Parnassus (1941.03.22 – 1944.07.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Antofagasta (Chile) (1941.03.22 – 1944.07.29), Coadjutor Bishop of Valdivia (Chile) (1944.07.29 – 1955.04.20); later Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of La Serena (Chile) (1961.05.14 – 1963), Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena (1963 – death 1976.05.28)
   2. Auxiliary Bishop: Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, Picpus Fathers (SS.CC.) (1941.02.09 – 1950.08.03), Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1941.02.09 – 1950.08.03); previously Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1939.08.29 – 1941.02.09); later Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1950.08.03 – 1958.06.15), Bishop of Linares (Chile) (1958.06.15 – retired 1976.12.14), died 1991
   3. Auxiliary Bishop: Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña (1946.09.07 – death 1971.04.30), Titular Bishop of Citharizum (1946.09.07 – 1971.04.30)
   4. Auxiliary Bishop: Emilio Tagle Covarrubias (1958.01.10 – 1961.05.22), Titular Bishop of Arethusa (1958.01.10 – 1959.03.12); later Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum (1959.03.12 – 1961.05.22) as Apostolic Administrator of Santiago (de Chile) (1959 – 1961.05.14), Archbishop-Bishop of Bishop of Valparaiso (Chile) (1959.10.24 – 1961.05.14) (Chile) (1961.05.22 – retired 1983.05.03), died 1991
8. Apostolic Administrator Emilio Tagle Covarrubias (1959 – 1961.05.14), Auxiliary Bishop : see above
9. Raúl Cardinal Silva Henríquez, Salesians (S.D.B.) (14 May 1961 - retired 3 May 1983), President of Caritas Internationalis (1962 – 1965), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1962.03.22 – death 1999.04.09), President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1963 – 1968 & 1972 – 1976); previously Bishop of Valparaiso (Chile) (1959.10.24 – 1961.05.14)
   1. Auxiliary Bishop: Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso (1966.09.12 – retired 1968.01.19), Titular Bishop of Theudalis (1966.09.12 – resigned 1975), died 2008
   2. Auxiliary Bishop: Fernando Ariztía Ruiz (1967.05.25 – 1976.12.11), Titular Bishop of Timici (1967.05.25 – 1976.12.11), also/later Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó (Chile) (1975 – siuccession 1976.12.11), next Bishop of Copiapó (Chile) (1976.12.11 – retired 2001.05.26), President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1992 – 1995); died 2003
   3. Auxiliary Bishop: Fernando Errázuriz Gandarillas (1969.01.31 – death 1973.08.31), Titular Bishop of Drusiliana (1969.01.31 – 1973.08.31)
   4. Auxiliary Bishop: Sergio Valech Aldunate (1973.08.27 – retired 2003.03.03), Titular Bishop of Zabi (1973.08.27 – death 2010.11.24)
   5. Auxiliary Bishop: Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1974.02.09 – death 1982.04.29), Titular Bishop of Sita (1974.02.09 – 1982.04.29); previously Titular Bishop of Columnata (1963.03.04 – 1965.06.07) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Talca (Chile) (1963.03.04 – 1965.06.07) (Chile) (1963.03.04 – 1965.06.07), Bishop of San Felipe (Chile) (1965.06.07 – 1974.02.09)
   6. Auxiliary Bishop: Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson (1974.02.18 – 1992.02.11), Titular Bishop of Materiana (1969.02.05 – 2011.12.05), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1969.02.05 – 1974.02.18) and as Apostolic Administrator of Puerto Montt (1970 – 1974.02.18); next Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Temuco (Chile) (1992.02.11 – retired 2001.09.21), died 2011
   7. Auxiliary Bishop: Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón, Institute of Schönstatt Fathers (I.Sch.) (1980.03.21 – 1983.12.20), Titular Bishop of [Pauzera]] (1980.03.21 – 1983.12.20); next Bishop of San Felipe (Chile) (1983.12.20 – 2001.09.21), Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (2001.09.21 – 2013.05.14)

BIOs to ELABORATE

1. Juan Francisco Cardinal Fresno (3 May 1983 - 30 March 1990)
2. Carlos Cardinal Oviedo Cavada Mercedarians (O. de M.) (30 March 1990 - 16 Feb 1998)
3. Francisco Javier Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa (24 April 1998 - 15 Dec 2010)
4. Ricardo Cardinal Ezzati Andrello (15 Dec 2010 - ...).

Auxiliary episcopate

BIOs TO ELABORATE AND WORK IN ^[1]

1. 1. Auxiliary Bishop: Patricio Infante Alfonso (1984.08.07 – 1990.12.12)
   2. Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Moreno Casamitjana (1986.04.22 – 1989.10.14)
   3. Auxiliary Bishop: Cristián Caro Cordero (1991.03.12 – 2001.02.27)
   4. Auxiliary Bishop: Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (1995.03.11 – 1996.12.12)
   5. Auxiliary Bishop: Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. (later Cardinal) (2001.07.10 – 2006.12.27)
   6. Auxiliary Bishop: Cristián Contreras Villarroel (2003.04.25 – 2014.03.07)
   7. Auxiliary Bishop: Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib (2006.04.06 – 2011.04.20)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Chile

References

Sources and external links

• Catholic-Hierarchy.org - Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile"

Coordinates: 33°26′15″S 70°39′06″W / 33.4376°S 70.6516°W / -33.4376; -70.6516