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Suffragan diocese Valdivia, Chile

Diocese of Valdivia

Valdivien(sis)

The Diocese of Valdivia is a Latin Church diocese in southern Chile, elevated from an apostolic administration to a diocese on 8 July 1944. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción, and Bishop Santiago Silva Retamales has led it since December 2020.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary (Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario), Valdivia, in Valdivia, Chile.

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Established
1944
Catholics
269,520
Priests
14
Territory
13,679 km²

Parishes and churches

17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Santiago Silva Retamales

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary (Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario), Valdivia stands in Valdivia, 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

A Latin Rite suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile, the Diocese of Valdivia (Latin: Valdivien(sis)) has as its cathedral the Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos.