Diocese of Talca
Talcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Talca, Chile
The Diocese of Talca is a Latin Rite diocese in Chile's Maule Region, erected in 1925. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, with its see at the Cathedral of Saint Augustine in Talca.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 October 1925
- Latin
- Talcen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Annuario code
- 001003158
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 457,953
- Population
- 641,270
- Catholic share
- 71.4%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 8,481
- Extent
- 17,246 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Galo Fernández Villaseca
- Born
- 3 February 1961
- 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 Augustine stands in Talca, 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 Santiago de Chile
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de ChileSantiago de Chile
- Diocese of LinaresLinares
- Diocese of MelipillaMelipilla
- Diocese of RancaguaRancagua
- Diocese of San BernardoSan Bernardo
- Diocese of San FelipeSan Felipe
- Diocese of ValparaísoValparaíso
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, the Diocese of Talca (Latin: Dioecesis Talcensis) has its cathedral in the city of Talca. Galo Fernández Villaseca, its current bishop, received his appointment on 20 March 2021.
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].