Diocese of Illapel
Ilapen(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Illapel, Chile
Illapel is a Latin Church territorial prelature (not a full diocese) in Chile's Choapa Province, established in 1960 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of La Serena. Its prelate-bishop Julio Larrondo Yáñez took office in March 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1960
- Latin
- Ilapen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Raphael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001000270
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 67,580
- Population
- 82,000
- Catholic share
- 82.4%
- Priests
- 12
- Catholics per priest
- 5,632
- Extent
- 10,350 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.5
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
- Julio Esteban Larrondo Yáñez
- Born
- 23 August 1959
- Birthplace
- Santiago de Chile
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 San Rafael stands in Illapel, 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 CopiapóCopiapó
- Archdiocese of La SerenaLa Serena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Illapel, in the ecclesiastical province of La Serena in Chile, is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Illapel (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Ilapensis).
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].