Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán is a diocese located in the city of Chillán in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.
History
In 1916, Bishop Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas established the Mission “sui iuris” of Chillán from the Diocese of Concepción. On 18 October 1925, Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Chillán out of the mission. In 1963, four parishes were transferred from the Diocese of Chillán to the Diocese of Linares. On 1 November 2017, the diocese was renamed San Bartolome de Chillán.Leadership
in reverse chronological order;Bishops of San Bartolome de Chillán
- Archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira
- Bishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC.
- Bishop Carlos Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D.
- Bishop Carlos Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D.
- Bishop Alberto Jara Franzoy
- Bishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena
- Bishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz, appointed Archbishop of Puerto Montt
- Bishop Jorge Larraín Cotapos
- Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor
- Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor
- Fr. Luis A. Venegas Henríquez
- Fr. Zacarías Muñoz Henríquez
- Bishop Reinaldo Muñoz Olave