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Diocese of Valdivia
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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.
- Bishop
- Santiago Silva Retamales
- Latin name
- Valdivien(sis)
- Erected
- 8 July 1944
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary (Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario), Valdivia
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary (Nuestra Señora del Rosario)
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Concepción (Archdiocese of Concepción)
- Catholics
- 269,520
- Chancery
- Obispado, Maipú 168, Casilla 520, Valdivia, Chile
- Telephone
- Tel. [63]226.83.01
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Osorno 68 km
- Diocese of Villarrica 103 km
- Diocese of Temuco 143 km
- Diocese of Puerto Montt 168 km
- Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche AR 197 km
- Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles 283 km
Parishes near the see
- Nuestra Señora de Lourdes · Paillaco 19 km
- Cristo Rey · Valdivia 23 km
- Nuestra Señora de la Merced · Valdivia 23 km
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen · Valdivia 23 km
- Preciosa Sangre · Valdivia 23 km
- Sagrado Corazón · Valdivia 23 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001000062 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08