Roman Catholic Diocese of Iquique

Diocese of Iquique
Dioecesis Iquiquensis
Diócesis de Iquique
Location
Country Chile
Ecclesiastical province Antofagasta
Metropolitan Antofagasta
Statistics
Area 41,799 km2 (16,139 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
238,000
124,447 (52.3%)
Information
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1880 (136 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Iquique
Patron saint Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto
Metropolitan Archbishop Pablo Lizama Riquelme
Emeritus Bishops Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández
Website
www.iglesiadeiquique.cl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iquique (Latin: Iquiquen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Iquique in the Ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta in Chile.

History

Leadership

Source

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Apostolic Vicariate of Tarapacá.


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