Archdiocese of Concepción
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción is an archdiocese located in the city of Concepción in Chile.
History
- 22 March 1563: Established as Diocese of La Imperial from the Diocese of Santiago de Chile
- 1603: Renamed as Diocese of Concepción
- 20 May 1939: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción
Ordinaries
Bishops of La Imperial
- Antonio Avendaño y Paz, OFM
- Agustín de Cisneros Montesa
- Reginaldo de Lizárraga, OP
Bishops of Concepción
- Carlos Marcelo Corni Velazquez
- Luis Jerónimo Oré, OFM
- Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero
- Dionisio de Cimbrón, OCist
- Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, OSA
- Antonio de Morales, OP
- Luis de Lemos y Usategui, OSA
- Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, OSA
- Diego Montero del Aguila
- Juan de Necolalde
- Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, CR
- Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra
- Andrés Paredes Polanco y Armendáriz
- Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen
- José de Toro y Zambrano
- Pedro Ángel de Espiñeira, OFM
- Francisco José Marán
- Tomás de Roa y Alarcón
- Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras
- José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga
- Diego Antonio Elizondo y Prado
- José Hipólito Salas y Toro
- Fernando Blaitt Mariño
- Plácido Labarca Olivares
- Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas
- Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán
Archbishops of Concepción
- Alfredo Silva Santiago
- Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin
- José Manuel Santos Ascarza, OCD
- Antonio Moreno Casamitjana
- Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, SDB
- Fernando Chomalí Garib
- Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arraigada, SS.CC.
Other affiliated bishops
Coadjutor archbishop
- Arturo Mery Beckdorf, did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena
Auxiliary bishops
- Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen, appointed Bishop here
- Carlos Oviedo Cavada, OdeM, appointed Archbishop of Antofagasta; future Cardinal
- Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, appointed Bishop of Temuco
- Alejandro Goić Karmelić, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Talca
- Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of Los Angeles
- Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic, appointed Bishop of Linares
- Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Alonso del Pozo y Silva, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina in 1713
- José Antonio Humeres y Miranda, appointed Bishop of Panamá in 1777
- Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade, appointed Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador in 1805
- Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla, appointed Vicar General of Temuco in 1908
- Reinaldo Muñoz Olave, appointed Vicar General of Chillán in 1916