Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán
Sancti Bartholomaei de Chillán
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile
The Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán is a Latin Rite diocese in Chile's Ñuble Region, erected in 1925 and renamed in 2017. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción, with its see at the Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew in Chillán.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1925
- Latin
- Sancti Bartholomaei de Chillán
- Patron
- Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001133
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 304,000
- Population
- 441,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.9%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 7,600
- Extent
- 12,461 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
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
- Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira
- Born
- 10 June 1969
- 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
Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew stands in San Bartolomé de Chillán, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Concepción.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ConcepciónConcepción
- 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
Centered on the city of Chillán, the Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Latin: Sancti Bartholomaie de Chillán) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile. The see received its present name on 1 November 2017.
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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.