Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Sancti Iacobi in Chile
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santiago de Chile, Chile
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese and primatial see of the Catholic Church in Chile, erected as the Diocese of Santiago de Chile by Pope Pius IV on 27 June 1561 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Gregory XVI on 21 May 1840. Its seat is the Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral and it is one of five Latin metropolitan sees in Chile. Archbishop Fernando Chomali Garib leads the archdiocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 June 1561
- Latin
- Sancti Iacobi in Chile
- Patron
- St James the Greater
- Annuario code
- 001002966
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,284,000
- Population
- 6,283,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.2%
- Priests
- 465
- Catholics per priest
- 9,213
- Extent
- 9,193 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 466
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
- Fernando Chomali Garib
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
Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral stands in Santiago de Chile, 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 Santiago de Chile
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LinaresLinares
- Diocese of MelipillaMelipilla
- Diocese of RancaguaRancagua
- Diocese of San BernardoSan Bernardo
- Diocese of San FelipeSan Felipe
- Diocese of TalcaTalca
- Diocese of ValparaísoValparaíso
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among the five Latin metropolitan sees of the Catholic Church in Chile stands the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Iacobi in Chile.
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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.