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.
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- 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.
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)
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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.