Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Puerto Montt

Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Puerto Montt / Portus Montt (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Osorno, Punta Arenas, San Carlos de Ancud, Aysén

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1939.04.01: Established as Diocese of Puerto Montt / Portus Montt (Latin) (from Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud)
1939.05.20: Became suffragan of Concepción
1955.11.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Osorno
1963.05.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puerto Montt / Portus Montt (Latin) (with suffragan sees Osorno, Punta Arenas, San Carlos de Ancud and Aysén and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago)

Contact Info

Address: Benavente 385 piso 2, Puerto Montt, Chile

Phone: 65-252215

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1987.04)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.12.27 – ...):

Archbishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Puerto Montt (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (64)
(2019.12.27 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Born:	1959.01.02 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.10

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1990.05.05 – 2014.02.01)

Titular Bishop of Tetci (2014.02.01 – 2019.12.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (2014.02.01 – 2019.12.27)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2016.11.11 – 2021.07.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Rancagua (Chile) (2018.06.28 – 2019.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (2019.12.27 – ...)

Fr. Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. (51) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.11 – 2019.12.27)

Archbishop Cristián Caro Cordero (80)
(2001.02.27 – 2018.06.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Puerto Montt (Chile)

La primacía de Cristo en todo

Born:	1943.02.16 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.04.14

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1973.12.23 – 1991.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Arcavica (1991.03.12 – 2001.02.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1991.03.12 – 2001.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (2001.02.27 – 2018.06.11)

Archbishop Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M.
(1988.02.08 – 2001.02.27)

Born:	1924.11.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1949.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.02.13
Died:	2017.08.13 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Pyrgos (1963.12.10 – 1988.02.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile) (1963.12.10 – 1988.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1988.02.08 – 2001.02.27)

Archbishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz
(1974.07.16 – 1987.05.13)

Gressus meos dirige

Born:	1911.06.02 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1934.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.18
Died:	2008.06.29 († 97)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1955.08.28 – 1974.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1974.07.16 – 1987.05.13)

Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson
(Apostolic Administrator 1970 – 1974.02.18)

Archbishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso
(1963.05.10 – 1970.05.18)

Ave crux spes unica

Born:	1907.11.12 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1939.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.18
Died:	1978.07.25 († 70)

Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1958.03.21 – 1963.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1963.05.10 – 1970.05.18)

Titular Archbishop of Sila (1970.05.18 – 1976.02.26)

Bishops of Puerto Montt (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso (later Archbishop)
(1958.03.21 – 1963.05.10)

(see above)

Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre
(1939.04.29 – 1957.11.23)

In nomine tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1901.08.18 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1924.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.04.01
Died:	1992.06.18 († 90)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1934.01.22 – 1939.04.29)

Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1939.04.29 – 1957.11.23)

Bishop of San Felipe (Chile) (1957.11.23 – 1963.04.23)

Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia (1963.04.23 – 1970.12.22)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson (1969.02.05 – 1974.02.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Virgen del Carmen, Puerto Montt, Los Lagos
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Osorno (↑), San Carlos de Bariloche (→), Esquel (↘), San Carlos de Ancud (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 17,664 km²

Population: 327,000 Catholics (71.6% of 456,827 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 51 priests (32 diocesan, 19 religious), 34 deacons, 53 religious (20 brothers, 33 sisters), 1 seminarian

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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