History

• 1883.11.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas (español) / Patagonia Meridionale (Italiano) / Magallanes / Tierra del Fuego y Islas Malvinas / Southern Patagonia (English) / Magellanen(sis) (Latin) / Patagoniæ Meridionalis (Latin) (from Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud)
• 1916.10.04: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (español) / Magellano (Italiano) (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires)
• 1947.01.27: Promoted as Diocese of Punta Arenas (español) / de Punta Arenas (Latin)
• 1952.01.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1987.04)

Special Churches

• Cathedral: Catedral Sagrado Corazón, Punta Arenas, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena
• Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (11)

Present Prelates Bishop (2006.03.04 – ...): Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. (66) Ordinaries Bishops of Punta Arenas (Roman Rite) Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. (66) (2006.03.04 – ...) Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile) Señor, tú sabes que te quiero Born: 1955.02.21 (Chile) Ordained Priest: 1982.07.31 Consecrated Bishop: 2006.04.22 Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile) (2006.03.04 – ...) Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. (85) (1974.03.28 – 2006.03.04) Bishop emeritus of Punta Arenas (Chile) Que sean uno Born: 1935.04.20 (Chile) Ordained Priest: 1963.02.11 Consecrated Bishop: 1974.04.27 Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile) (1974.03.28 – 2006.03.04) Bishop Vladimiro Boric Crnosija, S.D.B. (1949.02.01 – 1973.08.29) Venga a nosotros tu reino Born: 1905.04.23 (Chile) Ordained Priest: 1930.01.18 Consecrated Bishop: 1949.10.02 Died: 1973.08.29 († 68) Bishop of Punta Arenas (Chile) (1949.02.01 – 1973.08.29) Vicars Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Roman Rite) Fr. Pietro Giacomini Calliman, S.D.B. (Apostolic Administrator 1940 – 1947) Fr. Amedeo Rojas, S.D.B. (Apostolic Administrator 1939 – 1940) Bishop Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B. (Apostolic Administrator 1938 – 1939.02.10) Bishop Arturo Jara Marquez, S.D.B. (1926.01.29 – 1938) Born: 1880.06.26 (Chile) Ordained Priest: 1905.04.25 Consecrated Bishop: 1926.06.29 Died: 1939.02.10 († 58) Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile) (1926.01.29 – 1938) Apostolic Administrator of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile) (1938 – 1939.02.10) Bishop Abraham Aguilera Bravo, S.D.B. (1916.12.22 – 1924.10.24) Born: 1884.02.25 Ordained Priest: 1908.11.01 Consecrated Bishop: 1917.05.20 Died: 1933.04.30 († 49) Titular Bishop of Issus (1916.12.22 – 1924.10.24) Vicar Apostolic of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (Chile) (1916.12.22 – 1924.10.24) Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1924.10.24 – 1933.04.30) Prefects Apostolic of Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas (Roman Rite) Fr. Giuseppe Fagnano, S.D.B. (1883.12.02 – 1916.09.18) Born: 1844.03.09 (Rocchetta Tanaro, Italy) Ordained Priest: 1864 Died: 1916.09.18 (Santiago, Chile † 72) Prefect Apostolic of Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego e Islas Malvinas (Chile) (1883.12.02 – 1916.09.18)

as of 2021.03.01

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