Suffragan diocese Temuco, Chile
Diocese of Temuco
Temucen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Temuco is a Latin Church diocese in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción. It was promoted to diocese status on 18 October 1925 and its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Joseph.
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- Established
- 1925
- Catholics
- 450,200
- Priests
- 56
- Territory
- 17,474 km²
Parishes and churches
37 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San PabloCarahueView parish
- San PedroCuracautínView parish
- San SebastiánLonquimayView parish
- Santiago ApóstolTemucoView parish
- Santo Tomás de VillanuevaTemucoView parish
- Santos Ángeles CustodiosLos SaucesView parish
- Santísima TrinidadFundo El CarmenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jorge Enrique Concha Cayuqueo
- Born
- 8 June 1958
- Birthplace
- Carahue
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph (Catedral San José), Temuco stands in Temuco, 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
From its seat in Temuco, this diocese (Latin: Temucen(sis)) shares the ecclesiastical government of Chile's Araucanía Region with the Diocese of Villarrica, its territory taking in the whole Province of Malleco and part of the Province of Cautín. It covers in full the communes of Perquenco, Galvarino, Cholchol and Temuco, along with most of Lautaro, Nueva Imperial and Carahue. The see is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Concepción and currently administers the Temuco Catholic University.