Diocese of

San Marcos de Arica 𝐖

Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Marcos de Arica (español) / Arica (español) / Sancti Marci Aricen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antofagasta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Mark the Evangelist (April 25)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 25 (1986)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1959.02.17: Established as Territorial Prelature of Arica (español) / Aricen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Iquique and became suffragan of La Serena)
1967.06.28: Became suffragan of Antofagasta
1986.08.29: Promoted as Diocese of Arica (español) / Aricen(sis) (Latin)
2011.10.21: Renamed as Diocese of San Marcos de Arica (español) / Arica (español) / Sancti Marci Aricen(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: 21 de Mayo 920, Arica, Chile

Phone: 58-231411

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.11.21 – ...):

Bishop Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Marcos de Arica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras (55)
(2014.11.21 – ...)

Bishop of San Marcos de Arica (Chile)

Corazón a Dios y manos al trabajo

Born:	1969.02.27 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1994.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.01.17

Priest of Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists) (1994.12.14 – 2001)

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (2001 – 2014.11.21)

Bishop of San Marcos de Arica (Chile) (2014.11.21 – ...)

Msgr. James Sharp Langan
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.07.04 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B.
(2011.10.21 – 2013.05.14)

Testimonio de Cristo Pastor

Born:	1951.12.29 (Valdivia, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1978.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.04
Died:	2022.03.07 (Temuco, Chile † 70)

Bishop of Arica (Chile) (2003.11.25 – 2011.10.21)

Bishop of San Marcos de Arica (Chile) (2011.10.21 – 2013.05.14)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (2013.05.14 – 2022.03.07)

Bishops of Arica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B.
(2003.11.25 – 2011.10.21)

(see above)

Bishop Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J.
(1993.05.15 – 2003.04.24)

Born:	1927.10.31 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.06.29
Died:	2003.04.24 († 75)

Bishop of Arica (Chile) (1993.05.15 – 2003.04.24)

Bishop Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J.
(1986.08.29 – 1993.05.15)

Born:	1917.03.25 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.03.11
Died:	1999.02.17 († 81)

Bishop-Prelate of Arica (Chile) (1963.10.08 – 1986.08.29)

Titular Bishop of Gor (1966.12.05 – 1977.11.17)

Bishop of Arica (Chile) (1986.08.29 – 1993.05.15)

Prelates of Arica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J.
(1963.10.08 – 1986.08.29)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Marcos, Arica, Arica y Parinacota
Church: Iglesia Santa Ana, Arica, Arica y Parinacota
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (32)

Tacna y Moquegua (↑), Corocoro (↗), Oruro (→), Iquique (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,873 km²

Population: 173,400 Catholics (67.5% of 256,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 48 missions

Personnel: 25 priests (20 diocesan, 5 religious), 20 deacons, 15 religious (5 brothers, 10 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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