Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán

Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán Dioecesis Sancti Bartholomaie de Chillán Diócesis de San Bartolomé de Chillán
Cathedral of St. Bartholomew
Location
Country	Chile
Ecclesiastical province	Concepción
Metropolitan	Concepción
Statistics
Area	12,461 km2 (4,811 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 441,000 304,000 (68.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1916 (107–108 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral St Bartholomew in Chillán
Patron saint	St. Bartholomew the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vacant
Metropolitan Archbishop	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib
Bishops emeritus	Alberto Jara Franzoy, Carlos Pellegrín Barrera
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Latin: Sancti Bartholomaie de Chillán) is a diocese located in the city of Chillán in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile. (The diocese name was changed on 1 November 2017.)

• 1916: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Chillán from the Diocese of Concepción
• 18 October 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Chillán
• 1 November 2017: Renamed as Diocese of San Bartolome de Chillán

Bishops of San Bartolome de Chillán

• Bishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. (6 February 2020 – 16 May 2024)
• Bishop Carlos Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. (1 November 2017 – 21 September 2018)

Bishops of Chillán

• Bishop Carlos Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. (25 March 2006 – 1 November 2017)^[1]
• Bishop Alberto Jara Franzoy (30 April 1982 – 25 March 2006)
• Bishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus (14 December 1974 – 9 November 1981), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena
• Bishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz (28 August 1955 – 16 July 1974), appointed Archbishop of Puerto Montt
• Bishop Jorge Larraín Cotapos (20 March 1937 – 10 August 1955)
• Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor (14 December 1925 – 6 January 1935)
• Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor (Apostolic Administrator 16 March 1923 – 14 December 1925)
• Fr. Luis A. Venegas Henríquez (Apostolic Administrator 1922 – 1924)
• Fr. Zacarías Muñoz Henríquez (Apostolic Administrator 1920 – 1921)
• Bishop Reinaldo Muñoz Olave (Apostolic Administrator 1 March 1916 – 1920)

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

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