Diocese of Talca


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca,, is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its current bishop, Galo Fernández Villaseca, was appointed on 20 March 2021.
The diocesan cathedral is in the city of Talca.

History

The dioceses of Talca, of Rancagua and of San Felipe were erected by Pope Pius XI on 18 October 1925 by means of the Bulla "Notabiliter Aucto".

Diocesan statistics

The diocese lies in the Maule Region of Chile and covers a territory of 17,000 km². It is comprised by the province of Curicó and by eight municipalities of the province of Talca. The diocese is divided into 45 parishes, grouped in 5 pastoral zones.

Bishops

  • Miguel León Prado †
  • Carlos Silva Cotapos †
  • Manuel Larraín Errázuriz †
  • Carlos González Cruchaga
  • Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca
  • Galo Fernández Villaseca

    Coadjutor bishop

  • Manuel Larraín Errazuriz (1938-1939

    Auxiliary bishops

  • Bernardino Piñera Carvallo, appointed Bishop of Temuco
  • Enrique Alvear Urrutia, appointed Bishop of San Felipe
  • Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble, appointed Bishop of Valdivia
  • Pablo Lizama Riquelme, appointed Bishop of Melipilla
  • Alejandro Goić Karmelić, appointed Bishop of Osorno

    Other priest of this diocese who became bishops

  • Miguel León Prado, appointed Bishop of Linares

    Pastoral zones and Parishes

Pastoral zones

Urban Talca