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Diocese of Temuco

Dioecesis Temucensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1908EstablishedDiocese of Temuco (as Territory to become a Diocese in the future)
18 October 1925ErectedDiocese of Concepción (Malleco and part of Cautín) Diocese of Temuco (erected)
20 May 1939Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Temuco (from Santiago de Chile)
20 June 1959Territory LostArchdiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) (Biobío)
Diocese of Temuco (Collipulli (in Malleco))
Diocese of Los Angeles (erected)
18 June 1971Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Araucanía (Lonquimay and Curacautin (both in Malleco))
Diocese of Los Angeles (Collipulli and Ercilla (both in Malleco))
Diocese of Temuco

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1948317,702352,49890.1%2041615,2084110527ap1951
1964300,000350,00085.7%3144754,0006426031ap1967
1970320,400356,00090.0%4930794,0554525828ap1971
1976333,500400,00083.4%1829477,09564122030ap1977
1980352,000442,00079.6%1930497,183153919030ap1981
1990386,600495,60078.0%2723507,732232816031ap1991
1999374,400520,00072.0%4025655,760373114532ap2000
2000374,400520,00072.0%4024645,850482914033ap2001
2001361,000530,00068.1%4527725,013483214033ap2002
2002361,000530,00068.1%4521665,469482813333ap2003
2003363,204563,98164.4%4724715,115462713933ap2004
2004363,204563,98164.4%5019695,263442615635ap2005
2010382,000590,00064.7%4421655,876453114335ap2011
2013392,000606,00064.7%4920695,681472812335ap2014
2014395,000611,00064.6%4922715,563421173435ap2015
2017407,000636,00064.0%4921705,814463112537ap2018
2020450,200703,47064.0%4016568,03945199537ap2021
2022460,200719,00064.0%3616528,85045199537ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 18, Page 205, to Page 207
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 31, Page 338, to Page 340
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 64, to Page 66

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