Diocese of Copiapó
Copiapoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Copiapó, Chile
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 April 1955
- Latin
- Copiapoën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001001207
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 193,524
- Population
- 254,336
- Catholic share
- 76.1%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 7,443
- Extent
- 80,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ricardo Morales Galindo
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of La Serena
A suffragan of La Serena.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of IllapelIllapel
- Archdiocese of La SerenaLa Serena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].