Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Carlos de Ancud (español) / Ancud (español) / Sancti Caroli Ancudiæ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Puerto Montt

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Charles Borromeo

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1840.07.01: Established as Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud (español) / Ancud (español) / Sancti Caroli Ancudiæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Santiago)
1883.11.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas
1901.07.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Araucanía
1910.06.14: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Valdivia
1939.04.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Puerto Montt
1939.05.20: Became suffragan of Concepción
1940.02.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Aysén
1963.05.10: Became suffragan of Puerto Montt
1970.06.02: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Aysén

Contact Info

Address: Blanco Encalada 793, Ancud, Chile

Phone: 65-622325

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005.09.15 – ...):

Bishop Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Carlos de Ancud (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. (65)
(2005.09.15 – ...)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Hágase Tu voluntad

Born:	1959.02.19 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.06

Coadjutor Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (2001.10.22 – 2005.09.15)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (2005.09.15 – ...)

Bishop Juan Luis Ysern de Arce (94)
(1974.05.13 – 2005.09.15)

Bishop emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile)

Born:	1930.05.02 (Valencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.07

Priest of Granada (Spain) (1953.06.29 – 1972.04.12)

Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera (1972.04.12 – 1974.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile) (1972.04.12 – 1974.05.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Calama (Chile) (1972.05.20 – 1974.06.02)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1974.05.13 – 2005.09.15)

Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia
(1966.11.21 – 1974.01.25)

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 Alejandro Durán Moreira
(1959.04.17 – 1966.03.31)

Born:	1914.12.18 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.06.11
Died:	2003.04.19 († 88)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1959.04.17 – 1966.03.31)

Bishop of Los Ángeles (Chile) (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02)

Bishop of Rancagua (Chile) (1970.02.02 – 1986.05.30)

Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC.
(1950.08.03 – 1958.06.15)

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 Cándido Rada Senosiáin, S.D.B.
(1945.06.09 – 1949.12.22)

Born:	1905.05.23 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1931.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.08.12
Died:	1995.08.07 († 90)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1945.06.09 – 1949.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Pinara (1949.12.22 – 1960.03.31)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (1960.03.31 – 1980.05.24)

Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado
(1940.03.28 – 1945.01.13)

Born:	1904.12.24 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1927.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.06.02
Died:	1985.08.03 († 80)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1940.03.28 – 1945.01.13)

Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile) (1945.01.13 – 1957.05.24)

Titular Bishop of Bareta (1957.05.24 – 1970.12.10)

Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre
(1934.01.22 – 1939.04.29)

In nomine tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1901.08.18 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1924.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.04.01
Died:	1992.06.18 († 90)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1934.01.22 – 1939.04.29)

Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1939.04.29 – 1957.11.23)

Bishop of San Felipe (Chile) (1957.11.23 – 1963.04.23)

Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia (1963.04.23 – 1970.12.22)

Bishop Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B.
(1924.10.24 – 1933.04.30)

Born:	1884.02.25
Ordained Priest:	1908.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.05.20
Died:	1933.04.30 († 49)

Titular Bishop of Issus (1916.12.22 – 1924.10.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile) (1916.12.22 – 1924.10.24)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1924.10.24 – 1933.04.30)

Bishop Luis Antonio Castro Alvarez, SS.CC.
(1918.02.21 – 1924.10.23)

Born:	1867.04.24 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1890.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.06.02
Died:	1935.08.13 († 68)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1918.02.21 – 1924.10.23)

Titular Bishop of Lycopolis (1924.10.23 – 1935.08.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1926.02.17 – 1935.08.13)

Bishop Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. (later Archbishop)
(1910.06.30 – 1916.12.16)

Born:	1843.07.05 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1868.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.07.24
Died:	1922.07.10 († 79)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1910.06.30 – 1916.12.16)

Titular Archbishop of Gangra (1916.12.16 – 1922.07.10)

Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz
(1898.04.28 – 1909.08.31)

Born:	1852.08.02 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1875.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.06.19
Died:	1917.03.09 († 64)

Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso (Chile) (1894.03.13 – 1898.04.28)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1898.04.28 – 1909.08.31)

Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1909.08.31 – 1917.03.09)

Bishop Agustín Lucero Lazcano, O.P.
(1886.12.03 – 1897.12.03)

Born:	1830.08.27 (Putaendo, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1857
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.02.06
Died:	1897.12.03 (Ancud, Chile † 67)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1886.12.03 – 1897.12.03)

Bishop Juan Francisco de Paula Solar Mery, O. de M.
(1857.03.19 – 1882.04.21)

Born:	1816.07.10 (San José de Maipo, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1840.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.09.20
Died:	1882.04.21 (Santiago, Chile † 65)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1857.03.19 – 1882.04.21)

Bishop Justo Donoso Vivanco
(1848.07.03 – 1853.03.10)

Born:	1800.07.19
Ordained Priest:	1822.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.02.04
Died:	1868.02.22 († 67)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1848.07.03 – 1853.03.10)

Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1853.03.10 – 1868.02.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. (65) (2001.10.22 – 2005.09.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augusto Klinke Leier (1908.11.11 – 1910.06.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Carlos, Ancud, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Jesús Nazareno, Aldachildo, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Jesús Nazareno, Caguach, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Natividad de María, Rilán, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Natividad de María, Ichuac, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Gracia, Quinchao, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Gracia, Nercón, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Dalcahue, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio, Tenaún, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Chelín, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia San Antonio, Vilupulli, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia San Antonio de Colo, Quemchi, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia San Carlos de Borromeo, Chonchi, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia San Francisco, Castro, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia San Juan Bautista de San Juan, Dalcahue, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Santa María de Loreto, Achao, Los Lagos
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Santiago Apóstol, Detif, Los Lagos
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (35)

Puerto Montt (↑), Esquel (→), Aysén (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 24,941 km²

Population: 155,930 Catholics (82.0% of 190,115 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 19 priests (16 diocesan, 3 religious), 5 deacons, 23 religious (5 brothers, 18 sisters)