Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso (Latin: Vallis Paradisi) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in central Chile.
Diocese of Valparaíso Dioecesis Vallis Paradisi Diócesis de Valparaíso | |
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 Cathedral of St. James | |
| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Chile |
| Metropolitan | Santiago de Chile |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,600 km2 (1,800 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,259,000 932,000 (74%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 2 November 1872 (150 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St James in Valparaíso |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Celestino Aós Braco, OFM Cap |
| Bishops emeritus | Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar |
| Website | |
| www.obispadodevalparaiso.cl | |
Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral de Santiago, dedicated to the Apostle St. James the Elder (Spanish: Santiago) in the city of Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province, is a Minor World Heritage Site.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 966,000 Catholics (74.1% of 1,304,000 total) on 4,763 km² in 69 parishes and 260 missions with 171 priests (86 diocesan, 85 religious), 71 deacons, 406 lay religious (133 brothers, 273 sisters) and 16 seminarians.
History
- Established on November 2, 1872 as Mission “sui iuris” of Valparaíso on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
- Promoted on October 18, 1925 to Diocese of Valparaíso
- Lost territory in 1981 to the Diocese of San Felipe
- Gained territory in 2001 from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Araucanía (now Diocese of Villarrica).
Bishops
Bishops of Valparaíso
- Eduardo Gimpert Paut (1925–1937)
- Rafael Lira Infante, (1938–1958)
- Raúl Silva Henríquez, O.S.B. (1959–1961), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Cardinal in 1962)
- Emilio Tagle Covarrubias (1961–1983), Archbishop (personal title)
- Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1983–1993), Archbishop (personal title)
- Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (1993–1996), appointed Pro-Prefect, and later Prefect, of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (elevated to Cardinal in 1998)
- Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch. (1996–1998), Archbishop (personal title); appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Cardinal in 2001)
- Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (1998–2018)
- Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. (2021–present)
Auxiliary bishops
- Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. (1988–1993), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
- Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid (1995–2000), appointed Bishop of Iquique
- Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales (2002–2015), appointed Bishop of Chile, Militar
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Mariano Jaime Casanova Casanova (Vicar General here, 1872–1885), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile in 1886
- Salvador Donos Rodríguez (Vicar General here, 1885–1892), never consecrated bishop
- Manuel Tomás Mesa (Vicar General here, 1892, did not take effect?)
- Ramón Ángel Jara Ruz (Vicar General here, 1894–1898), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
- José Manuel Santos Ascarza, appointed Bishop of Valdivia in 1955
- Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military in 1959; consecrated bishop in 1962
- Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud in 1966
- Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas, appointed Bishop of Copiapó in 1968
- Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez, appointed Bishop of San Felipe in 2020
Sources and external links
- GCatholic.org, with Google map and satellite photo - data for all sections
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website
| Province of Antofagasta | |
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| Province of Concepción | |
| Province of La Serena | |
| Province of Puerto Montt | |
| Province of Santiago de Chile | |
| Sui iuris Jurisdictions | |
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