Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta (Latin: Antofagasten(sis)) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in northern Chile's Antofagasta Province.

Archdiocese of Antofagasta

Archidioecesis Antofagastensis

Arquidiócesis de Antofagasta
Cathedral of St. Joseph
Location
Country Chile
Ecclesiastical provinceAntofagasta
Statistics
Area84,506 km2 (32,628 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
362,000
252,300 (69.7%)
Parishes19
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established1881 (141–142 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Joseph in Antofagasta
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopIgnacio Francisco Ducasse Medina
Bishops emeritusPatricio Infante Alfonso
Pablo Lizama Riquelme
Map
Website
www.iglesiadeantofagasta.cl

Special churches

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 386,017 Catholics (70.2% of 550,256 total) on 84,504 km2 in 20 parishes and 67 missions with 37 priests (18 diocesan, 19 religious), 28 deacons, 108 lay religious (24 brothers, 84 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's Suffragan sees are :

Bishops

(all Roman rite Chileans)

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superior of Antofagasta
  • Father Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez (1883 – 1886.12.23), next Bishop of mother see La Serena (Chile) (1890.06.26 – death 1909.03.03)
Apostolic Vicars of Antofagasta
  • Bishop-elect Luís Silva Lezaeta first term (1887.05.15 – 1896)
  • Fr. Felipe Salas Errázuriz (1896.03.04 – 1905)
  • Luís Silva Lezaeta again (1904.11.04 – 1928.02.03 see below), Titular Bishop of Olena (1912.01.05 – 1928.02.03)
Suffragan Bishops of Antofagasta
  • Luís Silva Lezaeta (see above 1928.02.03 – death 1929.05.21)
  • Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez (1933.12.23 – 1943.06.05), next Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1943.06.05 – 1967.03.10), Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Apostolic Administration of Copiapó (Chile) (1947.03.19 – 1948.06.17), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Thapsus (1967.03.10 – retired 1970.12.02), died 1989
BIOs TO ELABORATE
  • Hernán Frías Hurtado (1945.01.13 – 1957.05.24)
  • Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1957.08.20 – 1967.06.28 see below)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Antofagasta
  • Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (see above 1967.06.28 – 1974.03.25), next Archbishop (personal title) of San Felipe (1974.03.25 - 1993.04.16)
  • Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (1974.03.25 – 1990.03.30), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (1990.03.30 - 1998.02.16), elevated to Cardinal in 1994; died 7 December 1998
  • Patricio Infante Alfonso (1990.12.12 – 2004.11.26)
  • Pablo Lizama Riquelme (2004.11.26 – 8 June 2017)
  • Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina (8 June 2017 – ...)

Coadjutor bishop

  • Pablo Lizama Riquelme (2004)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Arturo Mery Beckdorf (1941-1944, Apostolic Administrator 1943–1944), appointed Bishop of Valdivia
  • Juan Luis Ysern de Arce (1972-1974), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
  • Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. (1991-1997)

See also

  • GCatholic.org
  • Diocese website Archived 2013-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Vicariate Apostolic of Antofogaste" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Catholic Hierarchy

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