Diocese of Temuco
Temucen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Temuco, Chile
The Diocese of Temuco is a Latin Church diocese in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción. It was promoted to diocese status on 18 October 1925 and its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Joseph.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 October 1925
- Latin
- Temucen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001003195
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 450,200
- Population
- 703,470
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 64.0%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 8,039
- Extent
- 17,474 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo
- Born
- 8 June 1958
- Birthplace
- Carahue
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 St. Joseph (Catedral San José), Temuco stands in Temuco, 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 San Bartolomé de ChillánSan Bartolomé de Chillán
- Diocese of Santa María de Los ÁngelesSanta María de Los Ángeles
- Diocese of ValdiviaValdivia
- Diocese of VillarricaVillarrica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
From its seat in Temuco, this diocese (Latin: Temucen(sis)) shares the ecclesiastical government of Chile's Araucanía Region with the Diocese of Villarrica, its territory taking in the whole Province of Malleco and part of the Province of Cautín. It covers in full the communes of Perquenco, Galvarino, Cholchol and Temuco, along with most of Lautaro, Nueva Imperial and Carahue. The see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Concepción and currently administers the Temuco Catholic University.
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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.