Diocese of

Villarrica 𝐖

Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Villarrica / Villaricen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Concepción

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sagrado Corazón

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1901.07.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Araucanía / Araucanien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud)
1928.03.28: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Araucanía / Araucanien(sis) (Latin)
1944.07.08: Lost territory to Diocese of Valdivia
2002.01.05: Promoted as Diocese of Villarrica / Villaricen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to Diocese of Valparaíso and became suffragan of Concepción)

Contact Info

Address: Gerónimo de Alderete 939, Villarrica, Chile

Phone: 45-411189

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.02.07 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Villarrica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin (62)
(2009.02.07 – ...)

Bishop of Villarrica (Chile)

Veritas in Caritate

Born:	1962.05.19 (Los Ángeles, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.04.19

Priest of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1988.12.03 – 2009.02.07)

Bishop of Villarrica (Chile) (2009.02.07 – ...)

Bishop Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap.
(2001.11.19 – 2009.02.07)

Ad ædificationem fidei

Born:	1931.12.21 (St. Johan in Tirol, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.03.05
Died:	2023.02.25 (Lanco, Chile † 91)

Titular Bishop of Gaguari (1977.12.17 – 2001.11.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) (1977.12.17 – 2001.11.19)

Bishop of Villarrica (Chile) (2001.11.19 – 2009.02.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Araucanía (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap.
(1977.12.17 – 2001.11.19)

(see above)

Bishop Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap.
(1958.03.05 – 1977.02.06)

Deus omnia in omnibus

Born:	1904.05.10 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1928.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.03.17
Died:	1977.02.06 († 72)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) (1956.11.09 – 1958.03.05)

Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria (1956.11.09 – 1977.02.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) (1958.03.05 – 1977.02.06)

Bishop Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap.
(1928.03.28 – 1958.03.05)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1885.12.09 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1910.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.08.05
Died:	1958.03.05 († 72)

Prefect Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) (1925.01.20 – 1928.03.28)

Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia (1928.03.28 – 1958.03.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía (Chile) (1928.03.28 – 1958.03.05)

Prefects Apostolic of Araucanía (Roman Rite)

Fr. Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(1925.01.20 – 1928.03.28)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. (1956.11.09 – 1958.03.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Villarrica, La Araucanía
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Shrines in the Ordinary Jubilee 2025

Churches by City (34)

Temuco (↑), Neuquén (→), Valdivia (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,544 km²

Population: 292,000 Catholics (64.5% of 452,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 30 missions

Personnel: 43 priests (33 diocesan, 10 religious), 19 deacons, 132 religious (12 brothers, 120 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.04

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