Diocese of

Iquique

Chile Chile

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Antofagasta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Inmaculada Concepción (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 20

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Simón Bolívar 588, Iquique, Chile

Phone: 57-532769

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

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

Ordinaries

Bishops of Iquique (Roman Rite)

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

Special Churches

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

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