Suffragan diocese San Marcos de Arica, Chile
Diocese of San Marcos de Arica
Sancti Marci Aricen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of San Marcos de Arica is a Latin Rite diocese in Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region, founded as a territorial prelature in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1986. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Antofagasta.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 140,000
- Priests
- 32
- Territory
- 16,512 km²
Parishes and churches
24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San MarcosArica · CathedralView parish
- Cristo Hermano de los HombresAricaView parish
- Cristo SalvadorAricaView parish
- Espíritu SantoAricaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónAricaView parish
- Jesús de NazaretAricaView parish
- La AnunciaciónAricaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenAricaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de las PeñasAricaView parish
- Sagrada FamiliaAricaView parish
- Sagrado CorazónAricaView parish
- San EstebanAricaView parish
- San GabrielAricaView parish
- San IdelfonsoPutreView parish
- San Ignacio de LoyolaAricaView parish
- San JerónimoGuañacaguaView parish
- San José ObreroAricaView parish
- San Juan BoscoAricaView parish
- San Martín de ToursChititaView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelSantuario de las PenasView parish
- San PabloAricaView parish
- San Pedro ApóstolAricaView parish
- Santa CruzAricaView parish
- Virgen del CarmenAricaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras
- Born
- 27 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Santiago de Chile
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mark stands in San Marcos de Arica, 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
With its seat in the city of Arica, the Diocese of San Marcos de Arica (Latin: Sancti Marci Aricensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta in Chile.