Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles

This article is about the diocese in Chile. For the archdiocese in California, United States, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles Dioecesis Sanctae Mariae Angelorum Diócesis de Santa María de Los Angeles
Location
Country	Chile
Ecclesiastical province	Concepción
Metropolitan	Concepción
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 356,000 238,000 (66.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 June 1959 (65 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angles in Los Ángeles, Bío Bío
Patron saint	Our Lady of Angels
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib
Emeritus Bishops	Miguel Caviedes Medina
Website
www.obispadolosangeles.cl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Latin: Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a diocese located in the city of Los Ángeles in the Ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.

History

• 20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and Diocese of Temuco

Leadership

• Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (2006.01.07 – present)
  • Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)
  • Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)
  • Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13)
  • Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02)
  • Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
  • Archbishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30)

Source

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website