Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: San Juan Bautista de Calama (español) / Calama (español) / Sancti Ioannis Calamen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Antofagasta
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)
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Address: Pasaje Mons. Juan Bautista Herrada N° 1664, Calama, Chile
Phone: 55-650400
Bishop (2023.05.24 – ...): | Bishop Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés (53) |
Bishops of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Tomás Abel Carrasco Cortés (53) Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama (Chile)
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Bishop Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D. (59) Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile)
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Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (66)
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Prelates of Calama (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto (66) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. (77) Bishop emeritus of San Felipe (Chile)
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Bishop Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M.
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Fr. Juan Bautista Herrada Armijo, O. de M. (later Bishop) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (later Cardinal) | ||||||||||
Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce (94) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos | ||||||||||
Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida
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Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos |
Area: 43,000 km²
Population: 144,730 Catholics (71.2% of 203,260 total)
Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 47 missions
Personnel: 18 priests (16 diocesan, 2 religious), 11 deacons, 32 religious (5 brothers, 27 sisters), 2 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.08.13
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