Suffragan diocese Villarrica, Chile
Diocese of Villarrica
Villaricen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Villarrica is a Latin Church diocese in southern Chile, erected as a diocese on 19 November 2001 from the former Apostolic Prefecture of Araucanía. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Concepción and has been led by Bishop Francisco Stegmeier since 2009.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2001
- Catholics
- 281,000
- Priests
- 45
- Territory
- 18,630 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsVillarrica · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ReyTeodoro SchmidtView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónBoroaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónCuncoView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónLoncocheView parish
- Jesús de la Divina Misericordia y Juan Pablo IIVillarricaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de LourdesLancoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de LourdesLos LaurelesView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenUltracautínView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenMelipeucoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del PilarPuerto DomínguezView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioMáfilView parish
- Sagrado CorazónPuerto SaavedraView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsQuepeView parish
- San AntonioTolténView parish
- San AntonioPelchuquínView parish
- San Antonio de PaduaMetrencoView parish
- San FidelVillarricaView parish
- San Francisco de AsísPadre Las CasasView parish
- San Francisco de AsísLicán RayView parish
- San Francisco de AsísVIlcúnView parish
- San Francisco de AsísVillarricaView parish
- San JoséCherquencoView parish
- San JoséMariquinaView parish
- San José ObreroMalalhueView parish
- San Juan EvangelistaPircuncheView parish
- San SebastiánPanguipulliView parish
- San SebastiánCurarrehueView parish
- San SebastiánFreireView parish
- Santa CruzPucónView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin
- Born
- 19 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Los Ángeles (Cile)
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Catedral del Sagrado Corazón), Villarrica stands in Villarrica, 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 Villarrica gives its name and seat to this diocese (Latin: Villaricen(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.