Suffragan diocese Melipilla, Chile
Diocese of Melipilla
Melipillen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1991
- Catholics
- 385,970
- Priests
- 51
- Territory
- 6,217 km²
Parishes and churches
29 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San JoséMelipilla · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ReyLlolleoView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónTalaganteView parish
- Navidad del SeñorNavidadView parish
- Niño DiosMallocoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónLas CrucesView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la MercedMelipillaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la PresentaciónMallaraucoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de LourdesBollenarView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenPeñaflorView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenCuracavíView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioPeñaflorView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioEl TaboView parish
- Purísima Inmaculada ConcepciónLo AbarcaView parish
- Sagrada FamiliaMelipillaView parish
- Sagrado CorazónTalaganteView parish
- San Antonio de PaduaSan AntonioView parish
- San Francisco de AsísEl MonteView parish
- San Ignacio de LoyolaPadre HurtadoView parish
- San JerónimoAlhuéView parish
- San PedroSan PedroView parish
- Santa Luisa de MarillacBarrancasView parish
- Santa RitaMaría PintoView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaChenaView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaChocalánView parish
- Santa Teresa de los AndesMelipillaView parish
- Santo DomingoRocas de Santo DomingoView parish
- Santo Domingo de GuzmánIsla de MaipoView parish
- Virgen MedianeraCartagenaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Cristián Contreras Villarroel
- Born
- 24 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Santiago de Chile
Explore the ministry of 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.