Skip to the diocese
Catholic Intelligence
J.M.J.Search

Military ordinariate Cile, Chile

Military Ordinariate of Cile

Latin-rite military ordinariate (Obispado Castrense) providing pastoral care to Catholics in the Chilean Armed Forces and their families, established on 3 May 1910 and immediately exempt to the Holy See. Its seat is the Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Santiago. Bishop Pedro Mario Ossandon Buljevic has led the ordinariate since 28 October 2021.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Santiago, in Cile, Chile.

Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.

Established
1910
Priests
74

Parishes and churches

4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Pedro Mario Ossandon Buljevic
Born
16 October 1957
Birthplace
Santiago de Chile

Explore the ministry of the bishop.

The cathedral

Military Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Santiago stands in Cile, 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

Catholics serving in the Chilean Armed Forces, along with their families, receive pastoral care from the Military Bishopric of Chile (Spanish: Obispado Castrense de Chile), a Latin Church military ordinariate that is immediately exempt to the Holy See.