Archdiocese of Concepción
Sanctissimae Conceptionis
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Concepción, Chile
The Archdiocese of Concepción is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Chile, originally established in 1563 as the Diocese of La Imperial and promoted to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1939. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Concepción.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1563
- Latin
- Sanctissimae Conceptionis
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001199
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 612,000
- Population
- 1,176,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 52.0%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 5,942
- Extent
- 11,330 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- Archbishop
- Sergio Pérez de Arce
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Concepción, 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.
The province of Concepción
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of San Bartolomé de ChillánSan Bartolomé de Chillán
- Diocese of Santa María de Los ÁngelesSanta María de Los Ángeles
- Diocese of TemucoTemuco
- Diocese of ValdiviaValdivia
- Diocese of VillarricaVillarrica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the Chilean city of Concepción, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción bears the Latin title Sanctissimae Conceptionis.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.