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Diocese of San Marcos de Arica
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The Diocese of San Marcos de Arica is a Latin Rite diocese in Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region, founded as a territorial prelature in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1986. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Antofagasta.
- Bishop
- Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras
- Latin name
- Sancti Marci Aricen(sis)
- Established
- 1959
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of Saint Mark
- Patron
- Saint Mark the Evangelist
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Antofagasta (Archdiocese of Antofagasta)
- Catholics
- 140,000
- Chancery
- Calle 21 de Mayo 912, San Marcos 260, Arica, Chile
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [58]2251.393; 2232.185
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Tacna y Moquegua PE 156 km
- Diocese of Iquique 194 km
- Diocese of Hosanna ET 198 km
- Juli PE 253 km
- Diocese of Arequipa PE 265 km
- Oruro BO 281 km
Parishes near the see
- La Anunciación · Arica 2 km
- Cristo Hermano de los Hombres · Arica 2 km
- Cristo Salvador · Arica 2 km
- Espíritu Santo · Arica 2 km
- Inmaculada Concepción · Arica 2 km
- Jesús de Nazaret · Arica 2 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002926 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08