Military Ordinariate of Cile
Military ordinariate · Latin Church · Cile, Chile
Latin-rite military ordinariate (Obispado Castrense) providing pastoral care to Catholics in the Chilean Armed Forces and their families, established on 3 May 1910 and immediately exempt to the Holy See. Its seat is the Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Santiago. Bishop Pedro Mario Ossandon Buljevic has led the ordinariate since 28 October 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Military ordinariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 May 1910
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001000348
The see in figures
- Priests
- 74
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pedro Mario Ossandon Buljevic
- Born
- 16 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Santiago de Chile
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Santiago stands in Cile, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Catholics serving in the Chilean Armed Forces, along with their families, receive pastoral care from the Military Bishopric of Chile (Spanish: Obispado Castrense de Chile), a Latin Church military ordinariate that is immediately exempt to the Holy See.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.