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Suffragan diocese Osorno, Chile

Diocese of Osorno

Osornen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, in Osorno, Chile.

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Established
1955
Catholics
113,159
Priests
32
Territory
9,236 km²

Parishes and churches

22 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
Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo
Born
8 June 1958
Birthplace
Carahue
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI

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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.

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.