Diocese of Temuco Dioecesis Temucensis Diócesis de Temuco | |
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Location | |
Country | Chile |
Ecclesiastical province | Concepción |
Metropolitan | Concepción |
Statistics | |
Area | 17,474 km2 (6,747 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 703,470 450,200 (64.0%) |
Parishes | 37 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1908 (115–116 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Joseph in Temuco |
Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
Language | Spanish |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mons. Jorge Concha Cayuqueo, OFM |
Suffragan | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción |
Bishops emeritus | Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón Bishop Emeritus |
Website | |
obispadodetemuco.cl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco ( Latin: Temucen(sis)) is the ecclesiastical circumscription of the Catholic Church that, with its seat in Temuco, shares the ecclesiastical government of the territory of Araucanía Region ( Chile) together with the Diocese of Villarrica, covering the entire Province of Malleco and part of the Province of Cautín. In its totality it includes the communes of Perquenco, Galvarino, Cholchol and Temuco, and most of the communes of Lautaro, Nueva Imperial and Carahue. It is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción. The Diocese of Temuco is the current administrator of the Temuco Catholic University.