Diocese of Rancagua, Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rancagua / Rancaguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: La Santa Cruz

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1925.10.18: Established as Diocese of Rancagua / Rancaguen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago)
1970.04.30: Gained territory from Diocese of Talca
1970.06.18: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago

Contact Info

Address: O’Carrol 535, Rancagua, Chile

Phone: 72-334500

Tweets

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.08 – ...):

Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rancagua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (65)
(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 – ...)

Bishop Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.03.02 – 2021.06.08)

Bishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (65) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.28 – 2019.12.27)

Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić (84)
(2004.04.23 – 2018.06.28)

Bishop emeritus of Rancagua (Chile)

Cristo es mi vida

Born:	1940.03.07 (Punta Arenas, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1966.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27

Priest of Punta Arenas (Chile) (1966.03.12 – 1979.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1979.04.23 – 1991.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Africa (1979.04.23 – 1994.10.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Concepción (Chile) (1988.07.29 – 1989.10.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile) (1991.06.30 – 1994.10.27)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (1994.10.27 [1994.11.25] – 2003.07.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (2003.07.10 – 2004.04.23)

President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2004 – 2010.11)

Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (2004.04.23 – 2018.06.28)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2010.11 – 2016.10.21)

Bishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC.
(1993.04.16 – 2004.04.23)

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 Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (later Cardinal)
(1987.11.25 – 1993.04.16)

Oportet illum crescere

Born:	1926.12.23 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1954.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.01.06
Created Cardinal:	1998.02.21
Died:	2021.10.03 (Santiago, Chile † 94)