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Suffragan diocese Rancagua, Chile

Diocese of Rancagua

Rancaguen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Rancagua is a Latin Rite diocese in Chile's O'Higgins Region, erected in 1925. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, with its see at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Rancagua.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Holy Cross, in Rancagua, Chile.

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Established
1925
Catholics
699,000
Priests
102
Territory
16,042 km²

Parishes and churches

62 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto
Born
7 June 1958
Birthplace
Isla de Maipo

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Holy Cross stands in Rancagua, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Established on 18 October 1925 as the Diócesis de Santa Cruz de Rancagua, through the papal bull Apostolici muneris ratio of Pope Pius XII, this Chilean see (Latin: Dioecesis Rancaguensis) serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its current bishop is Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto, appointed by Pope Francis on 8 June 2021.

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