Diocese of Punta Arenas
de Punta Arenas
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Punta Arenas, Chile
The Diocese of Punta Arenas is a Latin Church suffragan diocese covering Chile's Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica, erected as a diocese in 1947 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt. Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez has been its bishop since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1947
- Latin
- de Punta Arenas
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001002684
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 120,208
- Population
- 150,826
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.7%
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 8,014
- Extent
- 112,310 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez
- Born
- 26 September 1964
- Birthplace
- Puerto Domínguez
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI DELLA MADRE DI DIO
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 Sacred Heart stands in Punta Arenas, 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 Puerto Montt
A suffragan of Puerto Montt.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of OsornoOsorno
- Archdiocese of Puerto MonttPuerto Montt
- Diocese of San Carlos de AncudSan Carlos de Ancud
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt in Chile, the Diocese of Punta Arenas (in Latin: Dioecesis Punta Arenas) is currently led by Mgr. Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.
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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.