Diocese of Iquique, Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Iquique (español) / Iquiquen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antofagasta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Inmaculada Concepción (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 20

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1880: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Tarapacá (español) (from Diocese of Arequipa)
1929.12.20: Promoted as Diocese of Iquique (español) / Iquiquen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Arequipa and became suffragan of Santiago)
1939.12.20: Became suffragan of La Serena
1959.02.17: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Arica
1965.07.21: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Calama
1967.06.28: Became suffragan of Antofagasta

Contact Info

Address: Simón Bolívar 588, Iquique, Chile

Phone: 57-532769

Papal Visits

Pope Francis (2018.01)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.04.23 – ...):

Bishop Isauro Ulises Covili Linfati, O.F.M. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Iquique (Roman Rite)

Bishop Isauro Ulises Covili Linfati, O.F.M. (63)
(2022.04.23 – ...)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile)

Born:	1961.03.22 (Lumaco, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1990.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.06.18

Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum (2021.07.14 – 2022.04.23)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (2022.04.23 – ...)

Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (66)
(2014.02.22 – 2021.06.08)

Bishop of Rancagua (Chile)

El auxilio me viene del Señor

Born:	1958.06.07 (Isla de Maipo, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1982.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.05.31

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1982.06.12 – 2003.04.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile) (2003.04.10 – 2010.02.20)

Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile) (2010.02.20 – 2014.02.22)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (2014.02.22 – 2021.06.08)

Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (2021.06.08 – ...)

Archbishop Pablo Lizama Riquelme (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.10.09 – 2014.02.22)

Bishop Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández (later Mr.)
(2006.10.23 – 2012.10.09)

Amar, servir y confiar

Born:	1964.10.29 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1996.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.11.18

Apostolic Administrator of Iquique (Chile) (2004.11.17 – 2006.10.23)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (2006.10.23 – 2012.10.09)

Lay state (2018.10.11)

Fr. Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández (later Mr.)
(Apostolic Administrator 2004.11.17 – 2006.10.23)

Bishop Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid (68)
(2000.11.21 – 2004.10.09)

Bishop emeritus of Osorno (Chile)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1956.07.15 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1984.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.06.29

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1984.06.20 – 1995.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Bilta (1995.04.12 – 2000.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile) (1995.04.12 – 2000.11.21)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (2000.11.21 – 2004.10.09)

Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile) (2004.10.09 – 2015.01.10)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (2015.01.10 – 2018.06.11)

Bishop Enrique Troncoso Troncoso
(1989.07.15 – 2000.05.28)

Vengo a hacer Tu voluntad

Born:	1937.11.11 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.08.12
Died:	2018.03.29 († 80)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (1989.07.15 – 2000.05.28)

Bishop of Melipilla (Chile) (2000.05.28 – 2014.03.07)

Bishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC.
(1984.07.09 – 1988.04.28)

Crux spes unica

Born:	1929.03.08 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1953.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.09.02
Died:	2020.06.23 (Santiago, Chile † 91)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (1984.07.09 – 1988.04.28)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1987 – 2003)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile) (1988.04.28 – 1993.04.16)

Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (1993.04.16 – 2004.04.23)

Bishop José del Carmen Valle Gallardo
(1966.11.21 – 1984.07.09)

En tu palabra echaré la red

Born:	1908.12.11 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1932.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.25
Died:	2000.06.10 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia (1963.07.25 – 1966.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (1963.07.25 – 1966.11.21)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (1966.11.21 – 1984.07.09)

Bishop Pedro Aguilera Narbona
(1941.09.15 – 1966.11.21)

Born:	1910.08.24 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1932.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.01.04
Died:	1968.01.23 († 57)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (1941.09.15 – 1966.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Tambeæ (1966.11.21 – 1968.01.23)

Bishop Carlos Labbé Márquez
(1929.12.20 – 1941.06.30)

Born:	1876.11.22 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1899.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.11.22
Died:	1941.10.17 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Bida (1926.08.02 – 1929.12.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile) (1926.08.02 – 1929.12.20)

Bishop of Iquique (Chile) (1929.12.20 – 1941.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Leuce (1941.06.30 – 1941.10.17)

Military Vicar of Chile (Chile) (1941.08.18 – 1941.10.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Tarapacá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Labbé Márquez
(1926.08.02 – 1929.12.20)

(see above)

Bishop José María Caro Rodríguez (later Cardinal)
(1911.05.06 – 1925.12.14)

Virtus nostrum et deus refugium

Born:	1866.06.23 (Cahuil, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1890.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.04.28
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1958.12.04 (Santiago de Chile, Chile † 92)

Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile) (1911.05.06 – 1925.12.14)

Titular Bishop of Mylasa (1912.01.05 – 1925.12.14)

Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1939.05.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1939.05.20 – 1939.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) (1939.08.28 – 1958.12.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1946.05.17 – 1958.12.04)

Fr. Martín Rucker Sotomayor (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1906 – 1910)

Bishop Guillermo Juan Carter Gallo
(1895.06.12 – 1906.08.30)

Born:	1842.07.04 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1865.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.04.15
Died:	1906.08.30 († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1893.06.15 – 1895.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Anthedon (1893.06.15 – 1906.08.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile) (1895.06.12 – 1906.08.30)

Bishop-elect Plácido Labarca Olivares
(1887 – 1890.06.26)

Born:	1838.12.31 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1862.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.09.08
Died:	1905.10.09 († 66)

Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile) (1887 – 1890.06.26)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1890.06.26 – 1905.10.09)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José del Carmen Valle Gallardo (1963.07.25 – 1966.11.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, Iquique, Tarapacá
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (24)

San Marcos de Arica (↑), Oruro (↗), Potosí (→), San Juan Bautista de Calama (↘), Antofagasta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 42,226 km²

Population: 210,685 Catholics (53.1% of 396,697 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 50 missions

Personnel: 35 priests (16 diocesan, 19 religious), 12 deacons, 68 religious (21 brothers, 47 sisters), 5 seminarians