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Suffragan diocese Iquique, Chile

Diocese of Iquique

Iquiquen(sis)

The Diocese of Iquique is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the Tarapacá Region of northern Chile, promoted to a diocese in 1929 from the earlier Apostolic Vicariate of Tarapacá. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antofagasta.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Iquique, Chile.

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Established
1929
Catholics
124,447
Priests
35
Territory
41,799 km²

Parishes and churches

17 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
Isauro Ulises Covili Linfati
Born
22 March 1961
Birthplace
Lumaco
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Iquique, 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

In the ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iquique (Latin: Iquiquen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Iquique, Chile.