Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Valparaíso / Vallis Paradisi (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop (2021.06.08 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Valparaíso (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)
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Bishop emeritus of Valparaíso (Chile)
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Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace
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Bishop Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos
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Archbishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias
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Bishop Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (later Cardinal)
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Bishop Rafael Lira Infante
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Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut
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Bishop Eduardo Gimpert Paut | ||||||||||||
Fr. Ramón Angel Jara Ruz (later Bishop) |
Area: 4,736 km²
Population: 1,052,270 Catholics (74.0% of 1,422,360 total) (2020)
Statistics: 69 parishes, 281 missions, 84 priests (60 diocesan, 24 religious), 84 deacons, 101 lay religious (45 brothers, 56 sisters), 7 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 5 (1951)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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