Diocese of Valdivia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos.
History
- 14 June 1910: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Valdivia, on territory split off from the Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud
- 25 September 1924: Promoted as Apostolic Administration of Valdivia
- 8 July 1944: Promoted as Diocese of Valdivia
- Lost territory on 1955.11.15 to establish the Diocese of Osorno
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 145,500 Catholics on 13,679 km² in 17 parishes with 27 priests, 28 deacons, 60 lay religious and 2 seminariansOrdinaries
;Ecclesiastical Superior of the independent mission;permanent Apostolic Administrators of Valdivia
- Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis Augusto Klinke Leier
- Teodoro Eugenín Barrientos, SSCC
- Arturo Mery Beckdorf, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Concepción
- José Manuel Santos Ascarza, OCD
- Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble
- Apostolic Administrator Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia
- Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, SDB
- Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina
- Apostolic Administrator Fr. Gonzalo Espina Peruyero
- Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales