Diocese of Copiapó Dioecesis Copiapoënsis Diócesis de Copiapó | |
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Location | |
Country | Chile |
Ecclesiastical province | La Serena |
Metropolitan | La Serena |
Statistics | |
Area | 80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 254,336 193,524 (76.1%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 9 November 1946 (77 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Copiapó |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Rosary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas |
Bishops emeritus | Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F. |
Website | |
diocesisdecopiapo.cl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Copiapó ( Latin: Copiapoën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Copiapó in the ecclesiastical province of La Serena in Chile.
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