Diocese of Osorno, Chile 🇨🇱

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Osorno (español) / Osornen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Puerto Montt

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Matthew (September 21)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 22 (1977)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1955.11.15: Established as Diocese of Osorno (español) / Osornen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Puerto Montt and Diocese of Valdivia and became suffragan of Concepción)
1963.05.10: Became suffragan of Puerto Montt

Contact Info

Address: Mackenna 980 piso 2, Osorno, Chile

Phone: 64-232434

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.08 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Osorno (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña (56)
(2023.09.08 – ...)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile)

Apacienta mis ovejas

Born:	1969.03.28 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1996.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.13

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1996.05.18 – 2021.06.22)

Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (2021.06.22 – 2023.09.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (2021.06.22 – 2023.09.08)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (2023.09.08 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M. (67)
(2020.02.05 – 2023.03.04)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Tú, esperanza nuestra, misericordioso Salvador

Born:	1958.06.08 (Carahue, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.08.29

Titular Bishop of Carpi (2015.07.14 – 2020.02.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (2015.07.14 – 2020.02.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Osorno (Chile) (2018.06.11 – 2020.02.05)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (2020.02.05 – 2023.03.04)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (2023.03.04 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M. (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.11 – 2020.02.05)

Bishop Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid (69)
(2015.01.10 – 2018.06.11)

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)

Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib (68) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.03.07 – 2015.01.10)

Bishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas (67) (later Archbishop)
(2004.05.08 – 2013.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)
President of Episcopal Conference of Chile

In verbo tuo

Born:	1958.09.22 (Cunco, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1984.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.06.19

Priest of Villarrica (Chile) (1984.08.25 – 2004.05.08)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (2004.05.08 – 2013.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (2013.12.14 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2018.11.13 – 2021.07.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2024.04.17 – ...)

Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić
(1994.10.27 – 2003.07.10)

Cristo es mi vida

Born:	1940.03.07 (Punta Arenas, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1966.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2025.09.01 (Rancagua, Chile † 85)

Priest of Punta Arenas (Chile) (1966.03.12 – 1979.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1979.04.23 – 1991.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Africa (1979.04.23 – 1994.10.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Concepción (Chile) (1988.07.29 – 1989.10.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile) (1991.06.30 – 1994.10.27)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (1994.10.27 [1994.11.25] – 2003.07.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (2003.07.10 – 2004.04.23)

President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2004 – 2010.11)

Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (2004.04.23 – 2018.06.28)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2010.11 – 2016.10.21)

Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina (95)
(1982.11.08 – 1994.02.19)

Bishop emeritus of Los Ángeles (Chile)

Ut mundus credat

Born:	1930.01.30 (Coltauco, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1954.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.12.19

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 Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux, O.F.M. Cap.
(1956.06.20 – 1982.01.04)

Señor, tú sabes que te quiero

Born:	1908.09.23 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1934.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.09.16
Died:	1982.01.04 († 73)

Bishop of Osorno (Chile) (1956.06.20 – 1982.01.04)

Special Churches

Churches by City (24)

Valdivia (↑), Neuquén (↗), San Carlos de Bariloche (↘), Puerto Montt (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,236 km²

Population: 138,420 Catholics (51.8% of 267,120 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 161 missions

Personnel: 34 priests (21 diocesan, 13 religious), 21 deacons, 48 religious (14 brothers, 34 sisters)