Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: La Serena (español) / Serenen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Copiapó, Illapel
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2013.12.14 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of La Serena (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Serena (Chile)
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Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus, I.Sch. (later Mr.)
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Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo
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Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez
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Archbishop Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz
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Archbishop José María Caro Rodríguez (later Cardinal) Virtus nostrum et deus refugium
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Bishops of La Serena (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop José María Caro Rodríguez (later Cardinal) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Carlos Silva Cotapos
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Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz
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Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez
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Area: 40,579 km²
Population: 421,000 Catholics (60.9% of 691,000 total) (2020)
Statistics: 34 parishes, 416 missions, 59 priests (34 diocesan, 25 religious), 65 deacons, 141 lay religious (27 brothers, 114 sisters), 8 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Andacollo (October 7)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 16
Last updated on 2023.04.13
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