Diocese of Temuco, Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Temuco / Temucen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Concepción

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 19 (1991)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1925.10.18: Established as Diocese of Temuco / Temucen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Santiago)
1939.05.20: Became suffragan of Concepción
1959.06.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Los Ángeles

Contact Info

Address: Vicuña Mackenna 779, Temuco, Chile

Phone: 45-297602

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.03.04 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M. (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Temuco (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo, O.F.M. (66)
(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 Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B.
(2013.05.14 – 2022.03.07)

Testimonio de Cristo Pastor

Born:	1951.12.29 (Valdivia, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1978.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.04
Died:	2022.03.07 (Temuco, Chile † 70)

Bishop of Arica (Chile) (2003.11.25 – 2011.10.21)

Bishop of San Marcos de Arica (Chile) (2011.10.21 – 2013.05.14)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (2013.05.14 – 2022.03.07)

Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón, I.Sch. (89)
(2001.09.21 – 2013.05.14)

Bishop emeritus of Temuco (Chile)

Buen Pastor, Padre de los pobres

Born:	1935.05.20 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.18

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1980.03.21 – 1983.12.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1980.03.21 – 1983.12.20)

Bishop of San Felipe (Chile) (1983.12.20 – 2001.09.21)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (2001.09.21 – 2013.05.14)

Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia
(1977.12.23 – 2001.09.21)

He venido a servir

Born:	1926.04.27 (Valparaíso, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1957.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.12.27
Died:	2019.01.05 (Temuco, Chile † 92)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1966.11.21 – 1974.01.25)

Titular Bishop of Semta (1974.01.25 – 1977.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1974.01.25 – 1977.12.23)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1977.12.23 – 2001.09.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia (Chile) (1995.04.29 – 1996.09.08)

Bishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (later Archbishop)
(1960.12.10 – 1977.12.23)

Servus tuus sum ego

Born:	1915.09.22 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:	1947.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.27
Died:	2020.06.21 (Santiago, Chile † 104)

Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium (1958.02.11 – 1960.12.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile) (1958.02.11 – 1960.12.10)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1960.12.10 – 1977.12.23)

President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1983 – 1987)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1983.07.01 – 1990.09.29)

Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira
(1941.08.09 – 1960.09.13)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1903.08.31 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1927.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.10.12
Died:	1974.07.21 († 70)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1941.08.09 – 1960.09.13)

Titular Bishop of Pinara (1960.09.13 – 1974.07.21)

Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC.
(1939.08.29 – 1941.02.09)

Ut ament te

Born:	1899.09.11 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1928.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.11.26
Died:	1991.08.01 († 91)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1939.08.29 – 1941.02.09)

Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1941.02.09 – 1950.08.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1941.02.09 – 1950.08.03)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1950.08.03 – 1958.06.15)

Bishop of Linares (Chile) (1958.06.15 – 1976.12.11)

Bishop Alfredo Silva Santiago (later Archbishop)
(1935.02.23 – 1939.02.04)

Que reine el amor

Born:	1894.09.08 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.04.28
Died:	1975.03.17 († 80)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1935.02.23 – 1939.02.04)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1939.02.04 – 1939.05.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile) (1939.05.20 – 1963.04.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1961 – 1963)

Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palæstina (1963.04.27 – 1970.12.04)

Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R.
(1925.12.14 – 1934.12.15)

Soy todo para todos

Born:	1860.10.24
Ordained Priest:	1883.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.10.21
Died:	1950.03.17 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Syene (1920.06.15 – 1925.12.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1920.06.15 – 1925.12.14)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1934.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Cabasa (1934.12.15 – 1950.03.17)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson (1992.02.11 – 2001.09.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San José, Temuco, La Araucanía

Churches by City (37)

Concepción (↑), Santa María de los Ángeles (↑), Neuquén (→), Villarrica (↓)

Statistics (2019.12.31)

Area: 17,474 km²

Population: 463,000 Catholics (64.0% of 723,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes

Personnel: 52 priests (36 diocesan, 16 religious), 45 deacons, 114 religious (19 brothers, 95 sisters), 6 seminarians