Archdiocese of Puerto Montt
Portus Montt
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Puerto Montt, Chile
The Archdiocese of Puerto Montt is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Chile's Los Lagos Region, established as a diocese in 1939 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1963. Its suffragans include Osorno, San Carlos de Ancud, and Punta Arenas.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 April 1939
- Latin
- Portus Montt
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001002679
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 235,097
- Population
- 329,776
- Catholic share
- 71.3%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 4,798
- Extent
- 18,205 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Archbishop
- Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez
- Born
- 2 January 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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel stands in Puerto Montt, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of OsornoOsorno
- 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
A Metropolitan See of the Roman Catholic church in Chile, the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt (in Latin: Archidioecesis Portus Montt) presides over three suffragan dioceses: Osorno, San Carlos de Ancud and Punta Arenas.
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].