Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in central Chile.
Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral de Santiago, dedicated to the Apostle St. James the Elder in the city of Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province, is a Minor World Heritage Site.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 966,000 Catholics on 4,763 km² in 69 parishes and 260 missions with 171 priests, 71 deacons, 406 lay religious and 16 seminarians.

History

Bishops of Valparaíso