Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud

Roman Catholic diocese in Chile

Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud

Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Anduciae

Diócesis de San Carlos de Ancud

Location
Country| Chile
Ecclesiastical province| Puerto Montt
Metropolitan| Puerto Montt
Statistics
Area| 24,483 km2 (9,453 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2010)
171,000
139,000 (81.3%)
Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Established| 1 July 1840 (183 years ago)
Cathedral| Cathedral of the Tabernacle in Ancud
Patron saint| St Charles Borromeo
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz
Metropolitan Archbishop| Cristián Caro Cordero
Bishops emeritus| Juan Luis Ysern de Arce
Website
www.obispadodeancud.cl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud (in Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Anduciae) is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. Its current bishop is Mgr. Juan María Florindo Agurto Muñoz. The retired (emeritus) bishop is Mgr. Juan Luis Ysern de Arce.

## History[edit]

The diocese is one of the oldest catholic dioceses in Chile. It was established by Pope Gregory XVI, by means of the Bulla "Ubi Primum" on 1 July 1840. The current Chilean dioceses of Villarrica, Valdivia, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas and the Apostolic Vicariate of Aysén have all been carved out of the original territory of the diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, at different times.

## Diocesan statistics[edit]

The diocese, which comprises the provinces of Chiloé and Palena, in the Los Lagos region of Chile, covers a territory of 24,283 km2 and has 26 parishes. Its estimated catholic population is about 117,000 out of a total population of 152,000. The diocesan cathedral ("El Sagrario" parish), is located in the city of Ancud.

## Bishops[edit]

### Bishops of San Carlos de Ancud[edit]

* Justo Donoso Vivanco † (3 July 1848 – 19 March 1853 appointed bishop of La Serena)
* Vicente Gabriel Tocornal Velasco † (10 March 1853 – 11 November 1857, died)
* Juan Francisco de Paula Solar Mery † (20 March 1857 – 21 April 1882, died)
* Agustín Lucero Lazcano † (11 December 1886 – 3 December 1897, died)
* Ramón Angel Jara Ruz † (28 April 1898 – 31 August 1909 appointed bishop of La Serena)
* Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete † (30 June 1910 – 16 December 1916, resigned)
* Luis Antonio Castro Alvarez † (21 February 1918 – 23 October 1924, resigned)
* Abraham Aguilera Bravo † (24 October 1924 – 30 April 1933, died)
* Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † (22 January 1934 – 29 April 1939 appointed bishop of Puerto Montt)
* Hernán Frías Hurtado † (28 March 1940 – 13 January 1945 appointed bishop of Antofagasta)
* Cándido Rada Senosiáin † (9 June 1945 – 22 December 1949, resigned)
* Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida † (3 August 1950 – 15 June 1958 appointed bishop of Linares)
* Alejandro Durán Moreira † (17 April 1959 – 31 March 1966 appointed bishop of Los Angeles)
* Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia † (21 November 1966 – 25 January 1974 appointed auxiliary bishop of Concepción)
* Juan Luis Ysern de Arce (13 May 1974 – 15 September 2005, retired)
* Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz (15 September 2005 succeeded – )

### Coadjutor bishop[edit]

* Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. (2001-2005)

### Auxiliary bishop[edit]

* Augusto Klinke Leier (1908-1910), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia

### Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[edit]

* Teodoro Bernardo Eugenín Barrientos (priest here, 1910-1927), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia

## Parishes[edit]

* El Sagrario, (Cathedral) Ancud
* San Antonio, Chacao
* San Ramón, Nal
* Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Lliuco
* Patrocinio San José, Quemchi
* Santa María de Loreto, Achao
* Apóstol Santiago, Castro
* Sagrado Corazón, Castro
* San Judas, Curaco de Vélez
* Santos Reyes, Chaulinec
* Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Chelín
* Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Dalcahue
* San Francisco Javier, Mechuque
* Corazón de María, Quilquico
* Natividad de María, Rilán
* Patrocinio San José, Tenaún
* Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Volgue
* Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, Quenac
* San Carlos, Chonchi
* San Pedro Nolasco, Puqueldón
* Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Queilén
* San Antonio, Quellón
* San Juan Bautista, Rauco
* Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Chaitén

## External links[edit]

* Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud at the Catholic-hierarchy website
* Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "San Carlos de Ancud" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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Catholic dioceses in Chile

Province of Antofagasta|

* Archdiocese of Antofagasta
* Diocese of Arica
* Diocese of San Juan de Calama
* Diocese of Iquique

Province of Concepción|

* Archdiocese of Concepción
* Diocese of Chillán
* Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles
* Diocese of Temuco
* Diocese of Valdivia
* Diocese of Villarrica

Province of La Serena|

* Archdiocese of La Serena
* Diocese of Copiapó
* Territorial Prelature of Illapel

Province of Puerto Montt|

* Archdiocese of Puerto Montt
* Diocese of Osorno
* Diocese of Punta Arenas
* Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud

Province of Santiago de Chile|

* Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
* Diocese of Linares
* Diocese of Melipilla
* Diocese of Rancagua
* Diocese of San Bernardo
* Diocese of San Felipe
* Diocese of Talca
* Diocese of Valparaíso

Sui iuris jurisdictions|

* Military Bishopric of Chile
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