Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Antofagasta (español) / Antofagasten(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Iquique, San Juan Bautista de Calama, San Marcos de Arica
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2017.06.08 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Antofagasta (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antofagasta (Chile)
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Archbishop Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos
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Bishops of Antofagasta (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Hernán Frías Hurtado
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Bishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Luís Silva Lezaeta
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Vicars Apostolic of Antofagasta (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Luís Silva Lezaeta (see above) | ||||||||||||
Fr. Felipe Salas Errázuriz
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Bishop-elect Luís Silva Lezaeta
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Ecclesiastical Superiors of Antofagasta (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Fr. Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez (later Bishop)
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Area: 84,504 km²
Population: 413,500 Catholics (64.4% of 642,360 total) (2020)
Statistics: 19 parishes, 72 missions, 32 priests (31 diocesan, 1 religious), 24 deacons, 70 lay religious (4 brothers, 66 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 3 (1928)
Last updated on 2023.04.13
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