Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca,, is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its last bishop, Mgr. Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca, resigned 28 June 2018.
The diocesan cathedral is in the city of Talca.History
The dioceses of Talca, of Rancagua and of San Felipe were erected by Pope Pius XI on 18 October 1925.Diocesan statistics
The diocese lies in the Maule Region of Chile and covers a territory of 17,000 km². It is comprised by the province of Curicó and by eight municipalities of the province of Talca. The diocese is divided into 45 parishes, grouped in 5 pastoral zones.Bishops
- Miguel León Prado †
- Carlos Silva Cotapos †
- Manuel Larraín Errázuriz †
- Carlos González Cruchaga
- Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca
Coadjutor bishop
- Manuel Larraín Errazuriz (1938-1939
Auxiliary bishops
- Bernardino Piñera Carvallo, appointed Bishop of Temuco
- Enrique Alvear Urrutia, appointed Bishop of San Felipe
- Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble, appointed Bishop of Valdivia
- Pablo Lizama Riquelme, appointed Bishop of Melipilla
- Alejandro Goić Karmelić, appointed Bishop of Osorno
Other priest of this diocese who became bishops
- Miguel León Prado, appointed Bishop of Linares
List of parishes of the diocese of Talca: Pastoral zones and Parishes
Pastoral zones
Urban Talca
- El Sagrario
- Corazón de María
- Nuestra Señora de Fátima
- San Luis
- Santa Ana
- St. Augustine Cathedral
- San Sebastián
- Inmaculada Concepción
- Los Doce Apóstoles
- Santa Teresita
- La Merced
- Espíritu Santo
- Sagrada Familia
- San Alberto Hurtado
Rural Talca
- San José, Colín
- Sagrado Corazón, Maule
- San José, Duao
- San Rafael, San Rafael
- San José, Pelarco
- San Clemente, San Clemente
- Inmaculada Concepción, Pencahue
- Bajos de Lircay, San Clemente
- Santa Amalia, El Sauce
- Sagrado Corazón, Gualleco
Urban Curicó
- La Merced
- San Juan Bautista
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario
- Cristo Resucitado
- Jesús Obrero
- Jesús de Nazareth
- Iglesia San Francisco
- San José
- Santa Fé
Rural Curicó
- San Juan de Dios, Teno
- Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Romeral
- San Pedro, Rauco
- San Bonifacio, Lontué
- Unidad Pastoral, Sarmiento
- Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Molina
- Sagrada Familia, Sagrada Familia
- Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Cordillerilla
- San Pedro y San Pablo, Comunidad de Casablanca
- Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Cumpeo
Coastal Zone
- Inmaculada Concepción, Villa Prat
- Santísimo Sacramento, Hualañé
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Curepto
- San Miguel Arcángel, Licantén
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Vichuquén
- San Policarpo, La Huerta de Mataquito
- Vice-Parish of Llico