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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

La Serena

Chile Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Copiapó, Illapel

Neighbouring Dioceses: Illapel (↓), Copiapó (↑), San Juan de Cuyo (→)

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Andacollo

Address: Los Carrera 450, La Serena, Chile

Phone: 51-545842

Website: Link

History

  • 1840.07.01: Established as Diocese of La Serena / Serenen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago)
  • 1881: Lost territory to establish Mission “sui iuris” of Antofagasta
  • 1939.05.29: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Serena / Serenen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1960.04.30: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Illapel

Papal Visits


Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1997.04.16 – ...):Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. (76)Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. (76)
Auxiliary Bishop (2001.07.10 – ...):Bishop Luis Gleisner Wobbe (77)Bishop Luis Gleisner Wobbe (77)

Titular Bishop of Mididi

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of La Serena (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. (76)Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. (76)
(1997.04.16 – ...)

He admirado tu obra, Señor

Born:1936.10.16 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1961.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1996.08.10

Titular 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 – ...)

Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus (79)Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus (79)
(1990.09.29 – 1997.04.16)

Born:1933.12.18 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1961.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1975.03.02

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)

Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (97)Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (97)
(1983.07.01 – 1990.09.29)

Born:1915.09.22 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1947.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:1958.04.27

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 – 1977.12.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1983 – 1987)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1983.07.01 – 1990.09.29)

Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín (later Cardinal)
(1971.07.28 – 1983.05.03)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1914.07.26 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1937.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1958.08.15
Created Cardinal:1985.05.25
Died:2004.10.14 († 90)

Bishop of Copiapó (Chile) (1958.06.15 – 1971.07.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1971.07.28 – 1983.05.03)

President of Episcopal Conference of Chile (1976 – 1977)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile) (1983.05.03 – 1990.03.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2004.10.14)

Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez
(1943.06.05 – 1967.03.10)

Born:1890.02.08 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1913.10.19
Consecrated Bishop:1934.04.15
Died: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:1920.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1935.04.28
Died: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 María Caro Rodríguez (later Cardinal)
(1939.05.20 – 1939.08.28)

Virtus nostrum et deus refugium

Born:1866.06.23 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1890.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1912.04.28
Created Cardinal:1946.02.18
Died:1958.12.04 († 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 María Caro Rodríguez (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:1891.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1918.06.07
Died: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:1875.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1898.06.19
Died:1917.03.09 († 64)

Apostolic Administrator of Valparaíso (Chile) (1894.03.13 – 1898.04.28)

Bishop of 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:1877.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1890.09.08
Died:1909.03.03 († 55)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Antofagasta (Chile) (1883 – 1886.12.23)

Bishop of La Serena (Chile) (1890.06.26 – 1909.03.03)

Former Prelates


as of 2013.05.03

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