Suffragan diocese Santa María de Los Ángeles, Chile
Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles
S. Mariae Angelorum
Latin Church
The Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles is a Latin Rite diocese in Chile's Biobío Region, erected in 1959. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción, with its see at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Angels.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 238,000
- Priests
- 37
- Territory
- 13,454 km²
Parishes and churches
22 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San MiguelLos Ángeles · CathedralView parish
- Buen PastorLos ÁngelesView parish
- Cristo ReyLajaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónAntucoView parish
- Jesús de NazarethLos ÁngelesView parish
- La PurísimaSanta BárbaraView parish
- Nacimiento del Divino SalvadorNacimientoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaLos ÁngelesView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeAguas BlancasView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las MercedesQuillecoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de LourdesChacayalView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenNegreteView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroLos ÁngelesView parish
- Sagrada FamiliaLos ÁngelesView parish
- San Diego de AlcaláTucapelView parish
- San EstebanLos ÁngelesView parish
- San FranciscoLos ÁngelesView parish
- San Juan BautistaLos ÁngelesView parish
- San Judas TadeoLos ÁngelesView parish
- Santa GemitaSanta FeView parish
- Santa María Madre de la IglesiaLos ÁngelesView parish
- Santiago ApóstolLos ÁngelesView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Cristián Castro Toovey
- Born
- 28 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Santiago de Chile
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Angels stands in Santa María de Los Ángeles, 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
The city of Los Ángeles is the seat of this Chilean diocese (Latin: Sanctae Mariae Angelorum), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Concepción.