Diocese of

San Marcos de Arica

Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 16,512 km²

Population: 104,200 Catholics (54.9% of 189,644 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antofagasta

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tacna y Moquegua (↑), Corocoro (↗), Oruro (→), Iquique (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: San Marcos

Statistics: 23 parishes, 52 missions, 34 priests (27 diocesan, 7 religious), 28 deacons, 25 lay religious (7 brothers, 18 sisters), 3 seminarians (2015)

Address: 21 de Mayo 920, Arica, Chile

Phone: 58-231411

Website:

History

1959.02.17: Established as Territorial Prelature of Arica (español) / Aricen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Iquique)
1986.08.29: Promoted as Diocese of Arica (español) / Aricen(sis) (Latin)
2011.10.21: Renamed as Diocese of San Marcos de Arica (español) / Arica (español) / Sancti Marci Aricen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Marcos, Arica, Arica y Parinacota
Pro-Cathedral: Capilla cátedra provisoria Santa Ana, Arica, Arica y Parinacota
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Tacna y Moquegua (↑), Corocoro (↗), Oruro (→), Iquique (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.11.21 – ...):

Bishop Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Marcos de Arica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Moisés Carlos Atisha Contreras (49)
(2014.11.21 – ...)

Bishop of San Marcos de Arica (Chile)

Corazón a Dios y manos al trabajo

Born:	1969.02.27 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1994.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.01.17

Bishop of San Marcos de Arica (Chile) (2014.11.21 – ...)

Msgr. James Sharp Langan
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.07.04 – 2014.11.04)

Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. (66)
(2011.10.21 – 2013.05.14)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile)

Testimonio de Cristo Pastor

Born:	1951.12.29 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1978.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.04

Bishop of Arica (Chile) (2003.11.25 – 2011.10.21)

Bishop of San Marcos de Arica (Chile) (2011.10.21 – 2013.05.14)

Bishop of Temuco (Chile) (2013.05.14 – ...)

Bishops of Arica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. (66)
(2003.11.25 – 2011.10.21)

(see above)

Bishop Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J.
(1993.05.15 – 2003.04.24)

Born:	1927.10.31 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.06.29
Died:	2003.04.24 († 75)

Bishop of Arica (Chile) (1993.05.15 – 2003.04.24)

Bishop Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J.
(1986.08.29 – 1993.05.15)

Born:	1917.03.25 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.03.11
Died:	1999.02.17 († 81)

Bishop-Prelate of Arica (Chile) (1963.10.08 – 1986.08.29)

Titular Bishop of Gor (1966.12.05 – 1977.11.17)

Bishop of Arica (Chile) (1986.08.29 – 1993.05.15)

Prelates of Arica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ramón Salas Valdés, S.J.
(1963.10.08 – 1986.08.29)

(see above)

as of 2018.11.07

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