Metropolitan see Antofagasta, Chile
Archdiocese of Antofagasta
Antofagasten(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1881
- Catholics
- 252,300
- Priests
- 36
- Territory
- 84,506 km²
Parishes and churches
19 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San JoséAntofagasta · CathedralView parish
- Buen PastorAntofagastaView parish
- Corazón de MaríaAntofagastaView parish
- Corazón de MaríaMejillonesView parish
- Cristo RedentorAntofagastaView parish
- Doce ApóstolesAntofagastaView parish
- Jesús CrucificadoBaquedanoView parish
- Madre de DiosAntofagastaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaAntofagastaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeAntofagastaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la MercedAntofagastaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenTocopillaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenAntofagastaView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsTocopillaView parish
- San FranciscoAntofagastaView parish
- San Francisco JavierQuillaguaView parish
- San PabloAntofagastaView parish
- San Rafael ArcángelCalamaView parish
- Transfiguración del SeñorAntofagastaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina
- Born
- 27 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Santiago de Chile
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The cathedral
Catedral San Jose stands in Antofagasta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Northern Chile's Antofagasta Province is home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta (Latin: Antofagasten(sis)), a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese.