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Suffragan diocese Copiapó, Chile

Diocese of Copiapó

Copiapoën(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Copiapó is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in northern Chile, established as an apostolic administration in 1946 and erected as a diocese in 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of La Serena.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, in Copiapó, Chile.

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Established
1957
Catholics
193,524
Priests
26
Territory
80,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Ricardo Morales Galindo

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary stands in Copiapó, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Within Chile's ecclesiastical province of La Serena, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copiapó (Latin: Copiapoën(sis)) has its seat in the city of Copiapó.

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