Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Valparaíso / Vallis Paradisi (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 5 (1951)
Address: Carrera 430, Valparaíso, Chile
Phone: 32-255538
Bishop (2021.06.08 – ...): | Bishop Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. (67) |
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.09.07 – ...): | Bishop-elect Mario Salas Becerra, O. de M. (51) Titular Bishop of Ita |
Bishops of Valparaíso (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. (67) Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)
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Bishop Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic (66) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (82) Bishop emeritus of Valparaíso (Chile)
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Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch. (91) (later Cardinal) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace
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Bishop Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos
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Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias
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Bishop Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (later Cardinal)
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Bishop Rafael Lira Infante
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Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut
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Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut | ||||||||||||
Fr. Ramón Angel Jara Ruz (later Bishop) |
Area: 4,736 km²
Population: 1,071,000 Catholics (74.0% of 1,446,630 total)
Pastoral Centres: 79 parishes, 281 missions
Personnel: 70 priests (61 diocesan, 9 religious), 88 deacons, 181 religious (22 brothers, 159 sisters), 4 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.13
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