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Diocese of Talca

Talcen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Talca, Chile

The Diocese of Talca is a Latin Rite diocese in Chile's Maule Region, erected in 1925. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, with its see at the Cathedral of Saint Augustine in Talca.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
18 October 1925
Latin
Talcen(sis)
Patron
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Annuario code
001003158

The see in figures

Catholics
457,953
Population
641,270
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
71.4%
Priests
54
Catholics per priest
8,481
Extent
17,246 km²
Catholics per km²
27

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
Galo Fernández Villaseca
Born
3 February 1961
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 Augustine stands in Talca, 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

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, the Diocese of Talca (Latin: Dioecesis Talcensis) has its cathedral in the city of Talca. Galo Fernández Villaseca, its current bishop, received his appointment on 20 March 2021.

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Sources

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.