Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso
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Diocese of Valparaíso Dioecesis Vallis Paradisi Diócesis de Valparaíso |
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Cathedral of St. James
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| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Chile |
| Metropolitan | Santiago de Chile |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,600 km2 (1,800 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,259,000 932,000 (74%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 2 November 1872 (145 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St James in Valparaíso |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ricardo Ezzati Andrello |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Santiago Silva Retamales |
| Apostolic Administrator | Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic |
| Emeritus Bishops | Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar |
| Website | |
| www.obispadodevalparaiso.cl | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso (Latin: Vallis Paradisi) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in central Chile.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Minor World Heritage Site : Catedral de Santiago, dedicated to the Apostle St. James the Elder (Spanish: Santiago), in the city of Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province
As per 2014, it pastorally served 966,000 Catholics (74.1% of 1,304,000 total) on 4,763 km² in 69 parishes and 260 missions with 171 priests (86 diocesan, 85 religious), 71 deacons, 406 lay religious (133 brothers, 273 sisters) and 16 seminarians.
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