Diocese of Valdivia
Valdivien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Valdivia, Chile
The Diocese of Valdivia is a Latin Church diocese in southern Chile, elevated from an apostolic administration to a diocese on 8 July 1944. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción, and Bishop Santiago Silva Retamales has led it since December 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 July 1944
- Latin
- Valdivien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary (Nuestra Señora del Rosario)
- Annuario code
- 001000062
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 269,520
- Population
- 297,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.7%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 19,251
- Extent
- 13,679 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Santiago Silva Retamales
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 Our Lady of the Rosary (Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario), Valdivia stands in Valdivia, 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 TemucoTemuco
- Diocese of VillarricaVillarrica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Rite suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile, the Diocese of Valdivia (Latin: Valdivien(sis)) has as its cathedral the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos.
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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.