Archdiocese of La Serena, Chile 🇨🇱 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Andacollo (October 7)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 16
History
- 1840.07.01: Established as Diocese of La Serena (español) / Serenen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Santiago)
- 1881: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Antofagasta
- 1939.05.29: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Serena (español) / Serenen(sis) (Latin)
- 1939.12.20: Gained suffragan see Iquique
- 1946.11.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Copiapó
- 1955.04.21: Gained suffragan see Copiapó
- 1959.02.17: Gained suffragan see Arica
- 1960.04.30: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Illapel and gained suffragan see Illapel
- 1965.07.21: Gained suffragan see Calama
- 1967.06.28: Lost suffragan sees Iquique, Arica and Calama
Contact Info
Address: Los Carrera 450, La Serena, Chile
Phone: 51-545842
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Metropolitan Archbishops of La Serena (Roman Rite) |
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 Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas (66) (2013.12.14 – ...)Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)President of Episcopal Conference of ChileIn verbo tuo |
 Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. (88) (1997.04.16 – 2013.12.14)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Serena (Chile)He admirado tu obra, SeñorBorn:1936.10.16 (Santiago, Chile)Ordained Priest:1961.09.23Consecrated Bishop:1996.08.10Titular Bishop of Elo (1996.06.28 – 1997.04.16)Auxiliary Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1996.06.28 – 1997.04.16)Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1997.04.16 – 2013.12.14) |
| Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus, I.Sch. (later Mr.) (1990.09.29 – 1997.04.16)Pastor ad pacemBorn:1933.12.18 (Santiago, Chile)Ordained Priest:1961.07.16Consecrated Bishop:1975.03.02Died:2020.08.12 (Santiago, Chile †86)Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1974.12.14 – 1981.11.09)Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family (1981.08.04 – 1985.01.22)Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1985.01.22 – 1990.09.29)Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1990.09.29 – 1997.04.16)Lay state (2018.10.11) |
| Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1983.07.01 – 1990.09.29)Servus tuus sum egoBorn:1915.09.22 (Paris, France)Ordained Priest:1947.04.05Consecrated Bishop:1958.04.27Died:2020.06.21 (Santiago, Chile †104)Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium (1958.02.11 – 1960.12.10)Auxiliary Bishop of Talca (Chile) (1958.02.11 – 1960.12.10)Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (1960.12.10 – 1977.12.23)President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1983 – 1987)Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1983.07.01 – 1990.09.29) |
| Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno LarraÃn (later Cardinal) (1967.07.28 – 1983.05.03)Adveniat regnum tuum |
| Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez (1943.06.05 – 1967.03.10)Born:1890.02.08 (Chile)Ordained Priest:1913.10.19Consecrated Bishop:1934.04.15Died:1989.10.14 (†99)Bishop of Antofagasta (Chile) (1933.12.23 – 1943.06.05)Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1943.06.05 – 1967.03.10)Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Copiapó (Chile) (1947.03.19 – 1948.06.17)Titular Archbishop of Thapsus (1967.03.10 – 1970.12.02) |
| Archbishop Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz (1940.01.08 – 1942.08.09)Born:1896.08.26 (Chile)Ordained Priest:1920.04.03Consecrated Bishop:1935.04.28Died:1942.08.09 (†45)Bishop of Linares (Chile) (1935.02.23 – 1940.01.08)Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1940.01.08 – 1942.08.09) |
| Archbishop José MarÃa Caro RodrÃguez (later Cardinal) (1939.05.20 – 1939.08.28)Virtus nostrum et deus refugiumBorn:1866.06.23 (Cahuil, Chile)Ordained Priest:1890.12.20Consecrated Bishop:1912.04.28Created Cardinal:1946.02.18Died:1958.12.04 (Santiago de Chile, Chile †92)Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá (Chile) (1911.05.06 – 1925.12.14)Titular Bishop of Mylasa (1912.01.05 – 1925.12.14)Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1939.05.20)Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1939.05.20 – 1939.08.28)Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) (1939.08.28 – 1958.12.04)Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1946.05.17 – 1958.12.04) |
| Bishops of La Serena (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop José MarÃa Caro RodrÃguez (later Cardinal) (1925.12.14 – 1939.05.20)(see above) |
| Bishop Carlos Silva Cotapos (1918.02.20 – 1925.12.14)Born:1868.05.10 (Chile)Ordained Priest:1891.09.21Consecrated Bishop:1918.06.07Died:1941.09.29 (†73)Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1918.02.20 – 1925.12.14)Bishop of Talca (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1939.01.21)Titular Bishop of Myrica (1939.01.21 – 1941.09.29) |
| Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz (1909.08.31 – 1917.03.09)Born:1852.08.02 (Chile)Ordained Priest:1875.12.16Consecrated Bishop:1898.06.19Died:1917.03.09 (†64)Apostolic Administrator of ValparaÃso (Chile) (1894.03.13 – 1898.04.28)Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1898.04.28 – 1909.08.31)Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1909.08.31 – 1917.03.09) |
| Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez (1890.06.26 – 1909.03.03)Born:1854.02.22 (Chile)Ordained Priest:1877.09.22Consecrated Bishop:1890.09.08Died:1909.03.03 (†55)Ecclesiastical Superior of Antofagasta (Chile) (1883 – 1886.12.23)Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1890.06.26 – 1909.03.03) |
| Bishop José Manuel Orrego Pizarro (1868.12.21 – 1887.09.17)Born:1817.04.02 (La Ligua, Chile)Ordained Priest:1841.08.08Consecrated Bishop:1869.06.06Died:1891.07.19 (†74)Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1868.12.21 – 1887.09.17) |
| Bishop Justo Donoso Vivanco (1853.03.10 – 1868.02.22)Born:1800.07.19Ordained Priest:1822.11.03Consecrated Bishop:1849.02.04Died:1868.02.22 (†67)Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1848.07.03 – 1853.03.10)Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1853.03.10 – 1868.02.22) |
| Bishop José AgustÃn de la Sierra Mercado (1842.07.22 – 1851.08.31)Born:1777.05.04Ordained Priest:1802.03.20Consecrated Bishop:1843.07.09Died:1851.08.31 (†74)Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1842.07.22 – 1851.08.31) |
Former Prelates
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 40,579 km²
Population: 428,180 Catholics (60.9% of 703,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes, 416 missions
Personnel: 55 priests (32 diocesan, 23 religious), 62 deacons, 139 religious (25 brothers, 114 sisters), 6 seminarians