Diocese of San Bernardo, Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Bernardo / Sancti Bernardi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (August 20)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1987.07.13: Established as Diocese of San Bernardo / Sancti Bernardi (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago)

Contact Info

Address: Freire 516 piso 3, San Bernardo, Chile

Phone: 8591137

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.10.10 – ...):

Bishop Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz, Opus Dei (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Bernardo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz, Opus Dei (68)
(2003.10.10 – ...)

Bishop of San Bernardo (Chile)

Duc in altum et laxate retia

Born:	1956.07.05 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1993.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.11.22

Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) (1993.06.13 – 2003.10.10)

Bishop of San Bernardo (Chile) (2003.10.10 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Rancagua (Chile) (2020.03.02 – 2021.06.08)

Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida
(1987.07.13 – 2003.10.10)

Duc in altum et laxate retia

Born:	1925.05.22 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1951.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.05.19
Died:	2013.03.27 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Burca (1968.03.13 – 1970.02.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Calama (Chile) (1968.03.13 – 1970.02.26)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13)

Bishop of San Bernardo (Chile) (1987.07.13 – 2003.10.10)

Special Churches

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

Churches by City (46)

Melipilla (←), Santiago (↑), Rancagua (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,145 km²

Population: 699,400 Catholics (72.0% of 971,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 55 priests (37 diocesan, 18 religious), 11 deacons, 133 religious (22 brothers, 111 sisters), 24 seminarians