Diocese of Iquique Dioecesis Iquiquensis Diócesis de Iquique | |
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Location | |
Country | Chile |
Ecclesiastical province | Antofagasta |
Metropolitan | Antofagasta |
Statistics | |
Area | 41,799 km2 (16,139 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 238,000 124,447 (52.3%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1880 (143–144 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Iquique |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Isauro Ilises Covili Linfati, O.F.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina |
Website | |
www.iglesiadeiquique.cl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iquique ( Latin: Iquiquen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Iquique, Chile, in the ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta.