The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles ( Latin: Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a diocese located in the city of Los Ángeles in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.

History

• 20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco

Bishops

• Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (2006.01.07 – present)
  • Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)
  • Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)
  • Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13), appointed Bishop of San Bernardo
  • Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
  • Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
  • Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin, appointed Bishop of Villarrica

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

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