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Diocese of Antofagasta
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Antofagasta is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Chile, established as a mission in 1881 and promoted to a metropolitan archdiocese on 28 June 1967, with suffragan sees including Iquique, Calama, and San Marcos de Arica. It has been led by Archbishop Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina since 2017.
- Archbishop
- Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina
- Latin name
- Antofagasten(sis)
- Erected
- 3 February 1928 (origins 1881)
- Cathedral
- Catedral San Jose
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Antofagasta
- Catholics
- 252,300
- Chancery
- Arzobispado, San Martín 2634, Antofagasta, Chile
- Telephone
- Tel. [55]2510.000
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of San Juan Bautista de Calama 199 km
- Diocese of Hosanna ET 380 km
- Diocese of Iquique 383 km
- Diocese of Copiapó 414 km
- Diocese of Jujuy AR 441 km
- Diocese of Humahuaca AR 517 km
Parishes near the see
- Corazón de María · Antofagasta <1 km
- Buen Pastor · Antofagasta <1 km
- Cristo Redentor · Antofagasta <1 km
- Doce Apóstoles · Antofagasta <1 km
- Madre de Dios · Antofagasta <1 km
- Nuestra Señora de Fátima · Antofagasta <1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001000704 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08