Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles
S. Mariae Angelorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santa María de Los Ángeles, Chile
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1959
- Latin
- S. Mariae Angelorum
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Angels
- Annuario code
- 001002951
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 238,000
- Population
- 356,000
- Catholic share
- 66.9%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 6,432
- Extent
- 13,454 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Bishop
- Cristián Castro Toovey
- Born
- 28 March 1969
- 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 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.
The province of Concepción
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Concepción.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ConcepciónConcepción
- Diocese of San Bartolomé de ChillánSan Bartolomé de Chillán
- Diocese of TemucoTemuco
- Diocese of ValdiviaValdivia
- Diocese of VillarricaVillarrica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].