Diocese of Melipilla
Melipillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Melipilla, Chile
The Diocese of San José de Melipilla is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in central Chile, established in 1991 from territory of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, to which it is suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Joseph in Melipilla.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 April 1991
- Latin
- Melipillen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002216
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 385,970
- Population
- 482,462
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 7,568
- Extent
- 6,217 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 62
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
- Cristián Contreras Villarroel
- Born
- 24 April 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 St Joseph stands in Melipilla, 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 Santiago de Chile
A suffragan of Santiago de Chile.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de ChileSantiago de Chile
- Diocese of LinaresLinares
- Diocese of RancaguaRancagua
- Diocese of San BernardoSan Bernardo
- Diocese of San FelipeSan Felipe
- Diocese of TalcaTalca
- Diocese of ValparaísoValparaíso
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].