Diocese of

Santa María de Los Ángeles

Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa María de Los Ángeles (español) / Los Ángeles (español) / Sanctæ Mariæ Angelorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Concepción

Neighbouring Dioceses: Concepción (↖), Neuquén (→), Temuco (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santa María de los Ángeles

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.06.20: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles (español) / Sanctæ Mariæ Angelorum (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and Diocese of Temuco and became suffragan of Concepción)
2009.02.21: Renamed as Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (español) / Los Ángeles (español) / Sanctæ Mariæ Angelorum (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Lautaro 519, 3er Piso, Los Angeles, Los Ángeles, Chile

Phone: 43-533120

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.03.23 – ...):

Bishop Cristián Castro Toovey (56)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cristián Castro Toovey (56)
(2024.03.23 – ...)

Bishop of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Chile)

Consolad, consolad a mi pueblo

Born:	1969.11.25 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.13

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1997.05.24 – 2021.06.22)

Titular Bishop of Tigava (2021.06.22 – 2024.03.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (2021.06.22 – 2024.03.23)

Bishop of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Chile) (2024.03.23 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (78)
(2006.01.07 – 2024.03.23)

Bishop emeritus of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Chile)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:	1948.06.10 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1977.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.08

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1977.04.17 – 1991.09.08)

Titular Bishop of Nepi (1991.09.08 – 2006.01.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1991.09.08 – 2006.01.07)

Bishop of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Chile) (2006.01.07 – 2024.03.23)

Bishops of Los Ángeles (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina
(1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)

Ut mundus credat

Born:	1930.01.30 (Coltauco, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1954.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.12.19
Died:	2025.12.26 (Rancagua, Chile † 95)

Priest of Rancagua (Chile) (1954.09.18 – 1982.11.08)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (1982.11.08 – 1994.02.19)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)

Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal, Opus Dei
(1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)

Born:	1920.07.20 (Tarragona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1948.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.08.28
Died:	2003.11.08 (Santiago, Chile † 83)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)

Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida
(1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13)

Duc in altum et laxate retia

Born:	1925.05.22 (Rancagua, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1951.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.05.19
Died:	2013.03.27 (Santiago, Chile † 87)

Priest of Rancagua (Chile) (1951.03.10 – 1968.03.13)

Titular Bishop of Burca (1968.03.13 – 1970.02.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile) (1968.03.13 – 1970.02.26)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13)

Bishop of San Bernardo (Chile) (1987.07.13 – 2003.10.10)

Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira
(1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02)

Born:	1914.12.18 (San Bernardo, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.06.11
Died:	2003.04.19 (Rancagua, Chile † 88)

Priest of Rancagua (Chile) (1938.12.07 – 1959.04.17)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1959.04.17 – 1966.03.31)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02)

Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (1970.02.02 – 1986.05.30)

Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle
(1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)

Born:	1908.06.21 (Coigue, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1932.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.06.21
Died:	1965.11.21 (Roma, Italy † 57)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)

Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (later Archbishop)
(1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30)

Born:	1907.07.22 (Irún, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1929.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.03.13
Died:	1986.04.02 († 78)

Priest of Concepción (Chile) (1929.12.21 – 1959.12.17)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile) (1963.05.30 – 1983.05.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Miguel, Los Ángeles, Biobío
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (25)

Concepción (↖), Neuquén (→), Temuco (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,454 km²

Population: 230,240 Catholics (60.0% of 383,850 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 267 missions

Personnel: 43 priests (36 diocesan, 7 religious), 40 deacons, 66 religious (12 brothers, 54 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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