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Diocese of Punta Arenas
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The Diocese of Punta Arenas is a Latin Church suffragan diocese covering Chile's Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica, erected as a diocese in 1947 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt. Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez has been its bishop since 2022.
- Bishop
- Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez
- Latin name
- de Punta Arenas
- Established
- 1947
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Puerto Montt
- Catholics
- 120,208
- Chancery
- Obispado, Calle Monseñor Fagnano 630, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Telephone
- Tel. [61]224.17.39
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Río Gallegos AR 206 km
- Falkland Islands o Malvinas FK 780 km
- Diocese of Aysén 815 km
- Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia AR 848 km
- Diocese of Esquel AR 1140 km
- Diocese of Rawson AR 1177 km
Parishes near the see
- Parroquia Catedral del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús · Punta Arenas 1 km
- Parroquia San Miguel Arcángel · Punta Arenas 1 km
- Parroquia Santuario María Auxiliadora · Punta Arenas 1 km
- Parroquia Cristo Obrero · Punta Arenas 1 km
- Parroquia Santa Teresa de Los Andes · Punta Arenas 1 km
- Parroquia Padre Pío de Pietrelcina · Punta Arenas 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002684 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08