Diocese of Melipilla, Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Melipilla (español) / Melipillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1991.04.04: Established as Diocese of Melipilla (español) / Melipillen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago)

Contact Info

Address: San Agustín 277, Melipilla, Chile

Phone: 8323456

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.03.07 – ...):

Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Melipilla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel (65)
(2014.03.07 – ...)

Bishop of Melipilla (Chile)

Dominus misit me

Born:	1959.04.24 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.06.21

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1984.12.05 – 2003.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Illiberi (2003.04.25 – 2014.03.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (2003.04.25 – 2014.03.07)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2004 – 2008)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2014 – 2016.11.11)

Bishop of Melipilla (Chile) (2014.03.07 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2016.11.11 – 2018.11.13)

Bishop Enrique Troncoso Troncoso
(2000.05.28 – 2014.03.07)

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 Pablo Lizama Riquelme (83) (later Archbishop)
(1991.04.04 – 1999.01.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile)

Me he hecho para todos

Born:	1941.06.04 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.03.09

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1967.07.06 – 1985.12.19)

Bishop-Prelate of Illapel (Chile) (1985.12.19 – 1988.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile) (1988.02.24 – 1991.04.04)

Bishop of Melipilla (Chile) (1991.04.04 – 1999.01.04)

Military Ordinary of Chile (Chile) (1999.01.04 – 2004.02.27)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile) (2004.02.27 – 2004.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile) (2004.11.26 – 2017.06.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Iquique (Chile) (2012.10.09 – 2014.02.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José, Melipilla, Metropolitana de Santiago
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (33)

Valparaíso (↑), Santiago (↗), San Bernardo (→), Rancagua (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,217 km²

Population: 420,379 Catholics (70.1% of 599,690 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes

Personnel: 41 priests (30 diocesan, 11 religious), 65 deacons, 121 religious (41 brothers, 80 sisters), 2 seminarians