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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Latin: Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a diocese located in the city of Los Ángeles in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.
Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles Dioecesis Sanctae Mariae Angelorum Diócesis de Santa María de Los Angeles | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Ecclesiastical province | Concepción |
| Metropolitan | Concepción |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 13,454 km2 (5,195 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 356,000 238,000 (66.9%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 20 June 1959 (65 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Mary of the Angels Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Angels |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib |
| Bishops emeritus | Miguel Caviedes Medina |
| Website | |
| www.obispadolosangeles.cl | |
- 20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco
- Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (2006.01.07 – present)
- Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)
- Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)
- Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13), appointed Bishop of San Bernardo
- Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
- Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
- Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin, appointed Bishop of Villarrica
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