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.

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.

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	13,454 km2 (5,195 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 356,000 238,000 (66.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 June 1959 (65 years ago)
Cathedral	St. Mary of the Angels Cathedral
Patron saint	Our Lady of Angels
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib
Bishops emeritus	Miguel Caviedes Medina
Website
www.obispadolosangeles.cl

History

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

Bishops

• Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • 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), appointed Bishop of San Bernardo
  • Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
  • Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
  • Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin, appointed Bishop of Villarrica

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website