Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán Dioecesis Sancti Bartholomaie de Chillán Diócesis de San Bartolomé de Chillán | |
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Location | |
Country | Chile |
Ecclesiastical province | Concepción |
Metropolitan | Concepción |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,461 km2 (4,811 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 441,000 304,000 (68.9%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1916 (107–108 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral St Bartholomew in Chillán |
Patron saint | St. Bartholomew the Apostle |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib |
Bishops emeritus | Alberto Jara Franzoy, Carlos Pellegrín Barrera |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán ( Latin: Sancti Bartholomaie de Chillán) is a diocese located in the city of Chillán in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile. (The diocese name was changed on November 1, 2017.)
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