Diocese of Villarrica
Villaricen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Villarrica, Chile
The Diocese of Villarrica is a Latin Church diocese in southern Chile, erected as a diocese on 19 November 2001 from the former Apostolic Prefecture of Araucanía. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción and has been led by Bishop Francisco Stegmeier since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2001
- Latin
- Villaricen(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000109
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 281,000
- Population
- 401,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.1%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 6,244
- Extent
- 18,630 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin
- Born
- 19 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Los Ángeles (Cile)
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 the Sacred Heart (Catedral del Sagrado Corazón), Villarrica stands in Villarrica, 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 ValdiviaValdivia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Villarrica gives its name and seat to this diocese (Latin: Villaricen(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Concepción 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.