Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

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Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Chile

Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Chile
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile.svg
Location
CountryChile
Ecclesiastical provinceSantiago de Chile
Statistics
Area9,132 km2 (3,526 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
5,848,000
4,059,000 (69%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established27 June 1561 (460 years ago)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of St James
Patron saintSt James the Greater
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopCelestino Aós Braco
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Map
Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Chile.svg
Website
www.iglesiadesantiago.cl

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Chile) is one of the five Latin Metropolitan sees of the Roman Catholic Church in Chile.

Ecclesiastical province[]

Its Suffragan sees are:

Special churches[]

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago in the national capital Santiago de Chile.

It also has six Minor Basilicas:

History[]

Statistics[]

As per 2014, it pastorally served 4,205,000 Catholics (66.9% of 6,290,000 total) on 9,132 km² in 213 parishes and a mission with 877 priests (250 diocesan, 627 religious), 339 deacons, 3,109 lay religious (1,255 brothers, 1,854 sisters), 46 seminarians.

Ordinaries[]

Bishops of Santiago de Chile[]

Archbishops of Santiago de Chile[]

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

Other affiliated bishops[]

Auxiliary bishops[]

  • (1828–1832), appointed Bishop here
  • (1828–1832), appointed Bishop of Concepción
  • (1869–1876)
  • Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas (1877–1897), became Archbishop (personal title) in 1893
  • (1892–1900)
  • (1899–1906)
  • (1901–1912)
  • (1921), did not take effect (died on the day he was appointed)
  • (1921–1938)
  • , SS.CC. (1926–1935)
  • , SS.CC. (1941–1950), appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud
  • (1946–1971)
  • (1958–1961), becoming Apostolic Administrator and titular Archbishop in 1959; appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Valparaíso
  • Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso (1966–1968)
  • (1967–1976), appointed Bishop of Copiapó
  • (1969–1973)
  • (1973–2003)
  • Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1974–1982)
  • Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson (1974–1992), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Temuco
  • (1980–1983), appointed Bishop of San Felipe
  • (1984–1990), appointed Archbishop of Antofagasta
  • Antonio Moreno Casamitjana (1986–1989), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
  • Cristián Caro Cordero (1991–2001), appointed Archbishop of Puerto Montt
  • Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (1995–1996), appointed Bishop of Talca
  • (2001–2006), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) (later returned here as Archbishop); future Cardinal
  • (2001–)
  • (2003–2014), appointed Bishop of Melipilla
  • (2006–2011), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)
  • (2012–)
  • (2014–)
  • Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (2014–2019), appointed Archbishop of Puerto Montt
  • (2015–2020), appointed Bishop of Osorno
  • (2017–)
  • (2019); did not take effect
  • Alberto Ricardo Lorenzelli Rossi (2019–)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción in 1735
  • , appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1744
  • , appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina in 1745
  • , appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1840
  • , appointed Bishop of La Serena in 1842
  • , appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud in 1848
  • , appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile in 1853; did not take effect
  • José Hipólito Salas y Toro, appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1854
  • , appointed Bishop of La Serena in 1868
  • , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá in 1887; appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1890 (consecrated bishop in 1890)
  • , appointed Bishop of La Serena in 1890
  • , appointed Titular Bishop of Sinopoli in 1884 (died in 1889 without being consecrated)
  • , appointed Vicar General of Valparaíso in 1894; appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud in 1898
  • , appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1906
  • , appointed Vicar General of Valparaíso in 1906 (titular bishop in 1916)
  • , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Antofagasta in 1904 (consecrated bishop in 1912)
  • , appointed Bishop of Concepción in 1918
  • , appointed Bishop of La Serena in 1918
  • (priest here, 1883-1906), appointed Vicar General of Temuco (and titular bishop) in 1920
  • , appointed Titular Bishop of Mariamme in 1923
  • , appointed Vicar General of Talca in 1913; appointed Bishop of Linares in 1925
  • , appointed Bishop of San Felipe in 1925
  • , appointed Bishop of Rancagua in 1925
  • Carlos Labbé Márquez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá in 1926
  • , appointed Bishop of Antofagasta in 1933
  • , appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud in 1934
  • , appointed Bishop of Temuco in 1935
  • Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz, appointed Bishop of Linares in 1935
  • , appointed Bishop of Chillán in 1937
  • , appointed Bishop of Rancagua in 1938
  • Manuel Larraín Errazuriz, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Talca in 1938
  • , appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud in 1940
  • , appointed Bishop of Linares in 1940; did not take effect
  • Alejandro Menchaca Lira, appointed Bishop of Temuco in 1941
  • , appointed Bishop of Linares in 1941
  • Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz, appointedBishop of Chillán in 1955
  • Bernardino Piñera Carvallo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Talca in 1958
  • , appointed Bishop of Puerto Montt in 1958
  • , appointed Bishop of San Felipe in 1963
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua in 1963
  • Carlos González Cruchaga, appointed Bishop of Talca in 1967
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado, Peru in 1968; did not take effect
  • Alberto Jara Franzoy, appointed Bishop of Chillán in 1982
  • , appointed Bishop of Chile, Military in 1983
  • Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua in 1984; future Cardinal
  • , appointed Prelate of Illapel in 1985
  • Enrique Troncoso Troncoso, appointed Bishop of Iquique in 1989
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) in 1991
  • Juan de la Cruz Barros Madrid, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso in 1995
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) in 1997
  • , appointed Bishop of Valdivia in 2002
  • (priest here, 1982-1991), appointed Prelate of Calama in 2003
  • , appointed Bishop of San Marcos de Arica in 2014

Sexual abuse lawsuit[]

On October 21, 2018, it was reported that Chile’s Court of Appeal ordered the office of Santiago’s Archbishop to pay 450 million pesos ($650,000) to three men who stated they were sexually abused for decades by Chilean priest Fernando Karadima.[6] Court President Dobra Lusic denied on October 22 that a verdict had been reached and that the lawsuit was still ongoing.[7] A complaint issued on October 25, 2018 accused former Archbishop Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa of leading the cover-up of sex abuse committed by Karadima.[8] The complaint also named former Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, Chilean Minister of the Court of Appeals Juan Manuel Muñoz, Archbishop of Santiago Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago Andrés Arteaga Manieu as witnesses to the cover-up[8] On March 27, 2019, however the Court of Appeals ordered the Archdiocese to pay 100 million pesos (about US$147,000) for "moral damages" to each of the survivors: Juan Carlos Cruz, José Andrés Murillo and James Hamilton.[9] The ruling was confirmed by their lawyer and Santiago Bishop Celestino Aos on March 28.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.religiondigital.org/america/Papa-auxiliar-Santiago-Alberto-Lorenzelli_0_2133386654.html
  2. ^ https://www.acistampa.com/story/papa-francesco-il-vescovo-e-padre-e-pastore-mai-mercenario-11726
  3. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 22.05.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ Castelfranco, Sabina (22 May 2019). "Pope Appoints New Auxiliary Bishops in Chile's Scandal-Rocked Church". VOA. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Vaticano – El P. Alberto Lorenzelli fue nombrado Obispo Auxiliar de Santiago de Chile". Agenzia Info Salesiana. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-church-abuse-chile/chilean-court-orders-catholic-church-to-pay-damages-over-abuse-report-idUSKCN1MV0SP
  7. ^ https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/chilean-court-denies-media-report-of-verdict-in-karadima-lawsuit-33763
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/karadima-victims-file-complaint-against-cardinal-errzuriz-72414
  9. ^ https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/chilean-court-orders-church-pay-compensation-abuse-survivors
  10. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-church-abuse-chile/chile-court-opens-door-for-more-church-sex-abuse-victims-to-seek-damages-idUSKCN1R92PY

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