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Diocese of Valparaíso

Dioecesis Vallis Paradisi



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 November 1872EstablishedDiocese of Valparaíso (as Territory to become a Diocese in the future)
18 October 1925ErectedArchdiocese of Santiago de Chile (Valparaiso and Juan Fernandez islands) Diocese of Valparaíso (erected)
16 November 1964Territory LostDiocese of Valparaíso (Ghagres in Aconcagua) Diocese of San Felipe
28 October 1981Territory LostDiocese of Valparaíso (Llay Llay) Diocese of San Felipe

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949390,000400,00097.5%751392141,82219050032ap1951
1965643,000715,00089.9%771762532,54124849957ap1967
1968600,000750,00080.0%851512362,54223746159ap1971
1973660,000750,00088.0%731101833,6061517051070ap1977
1977680,000780,00087.2%721201923,5411519650469ap1981
1990826,0001,033,00080.0%721031754,7201815034468ap1991
1999817,5001,090,00075.0%741061804,5412915535166ap2000
2000817,5001,090,00075.0%801021824,4912913732367ap2001
2001817,5001,144,59471.4%861101964,1703512631068ap2002
2002960,0001,200,00080.0%841222064,6603414733270ap2003
2003918,4881,148,11180.0%871041914,8083414334969ap2004
2004918,4881,148,11180.0%102961984,6383714830269ap2005
2010932,0001,259,00074.0%931021954,7794615731369ap2011
2014966,0001,304,00074.1%86851715,6497113327369ap2015
2017996,1081,345,16074.1%82711536,5107810222869ap2018
20201,033,6701,396,70074.0%67391069,751896515369ap2021
20221,064,0001,438,00074.0%61248512,517884316569ap2023

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 201, to Page 204

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