Diocese of Osorno
Osornen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Osorno, Chile
The Diocese of Osorno is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Chile's Los Lagos Region, established in 1955 by Pope Pius XII and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt. Carlos Alberto Godoy Labraña has been its bishop since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1955
- Latin
- Osornen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001002484
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 113,159
- Population
- 221,509
- Catholic share
- 51.1%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 3,536
- Extent
- 9,236 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo
- Born
- 8 June 1958
- Birthplace
- Carahue
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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. Matthew the Apostle stands in Osorno, 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 Puerto Montt
A suffragan of Puerto Montt.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Puerto MonttPuerto Montt
- Diocese of Punta ArenasPunta Arenas
- Diocese of San Carlos de AncudSan Carlos de Ancud
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope Pius XII erected the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno (in Latin: Dioecesis Osornensis) on 15 November 1955 by the papal bull Christianorum qui in Diocesibus. The see is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile.
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].