Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción is an archdiocese located in the city of Concepción in Chile.History
Diocese of La Imperial
Erected: 22 March 1563
- Antonio Avendaño y Paz, O.F.M.
- Agustín de Cisneros Montesa
- Reginaldo de Lizárraga, O.P.
Diocese of Concepción
Renamed: 1603
- Carlos Marcelo Corni Velazquez
- Luis Jerónimo Oré, O.F.M.
- Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero
- Dionisio de Cimbrón, O. Cist.
- Francisco de Loyola y Vergara, O.S.A.
- Antonio de Morales, O.P.
- Luis de Lemos y Usategui, O.S.A.
- Martín de Híjar y Mendoza, O.S.A.
- Diego Montero del Aguila
- Juan de Necolalde
- Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R.
- Salvador Bermúdez y Becerra
- Andrés Paredes Polanco y Armendáriz
- Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen
- José de Toro y Zambrano
- Pedro Ángel de Espiñeira, O.F.M.
- Francisco José Marán
- Tomás de Roa y Alarcón
- Diego Antonio Navarro Martín de Villodras
- José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga
- Diego Antonio Elizondo y Prado
- José Hipólito Salas y Toro
- Fernando Blaitt Mariño
- Plácido Labarca Olivares
- Luis Enrique Izquierdo Vargas
- Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán
Archdiocese of Concepción
Elevated: 20 May 1939
- Alfredo Silva Santiago
- Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin
- José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D.
- Antonio Moreno Casamitjana
- Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B.
- Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib
Other affiliated bishops
Coadjutor archbishop
- Arturo Mery Beckdorf, did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena
Auxiliary bishops
- Pedro Felipe de Azúa e Iturgoyen, appointed Bishop here
- Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., appointed Archbishop of Antofagasta; future Cardinal
- Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, appointed Bishop of Temuco
- Alejandro Goić Karmelić, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Talca
- Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of Los Angeles
- Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic, appointed Bishop of Linares
- Pedro Mario Ossandón Buljevic, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Alonso del Pozo y Silva, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina in 1713
- José Antonio Humeres y Miranda, appointed Bishop of Panamá in 1777
- Andrés Quintian Ponte de Andrade, appointed Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador in 1805
- Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla, appointed Vicar General of Temuco in 1908
- Reinaldo Muñoz Olave, appointed Vicar General of Chillán in 1916
Suffragan dioceses
- San Bartolomé de Chillán
- Santa Maria de Los Ángeles
- Temuco
- Valdivia
- Villarrica
