Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca, (in Latin: Dioecesis Talcensis), is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its last bishop, Mgr. Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (b. 5 April 1954), resigned 28 June 2018.[2] The diocesan cathedral is in the city of Talca.

Diocese of Talca

Dioecesis Talcensis

Diócesis de Talca
Cathedral of St. Augustine
Location
CountryChile
Ecclesiastical provinceSantiago de Chile
MetropolitanSantiago de Chile
Statistics
Area17,246 km2 (6,659 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2014)
641,270
457,953 (71.4 %[1]%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established18 October 1925 (94 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Augustine in Talca
Patron saintSt Augustine of Hippo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopvacant
Metropolitan ArchbishopCelestino Aós Braco, OFM Cap
Apostolic AdministratorGalo Fernández Villaseca
Bishops emeritusHoracio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca
Website
www.diocesisdetalca.cl

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 (comunas) of the province of Talca (the parishes of the municipalities of Empedrado and Constitución are jurisdictionally attached to the neighboring diocese of Linares, from an ecclesiastical point of view). The diocese is divided into 45 parishes (as of april 2015), grouped in 5 pastoral zones.[1]

Bishops
  • Miguel León Prado (apostolic administrator) † (12 June 1913 – 18 October 1925 appointed, auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile)
  • Carlos Silva Cotapos † (14 December 1925 – 21 January 1939 resigned)
  • Manuel Larraín Errázuriz † (21 January 1939 succeeded – 22 June 1966 died)
  • Carlos González Cruchaga (4 January 1967 – 12 December 1996 retired)
  • Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (appointed 12 December 1996 – 28 June 2018 retired)[3]

Coadjutor bishop
  • Manuel Larraín Errazuriz (1938-1939

Auxiliary bishops
  • Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1958-1960), appointed Bishop of Temuco
  • Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1963-1965), appointed Bishop of San Felipe
  • Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1975-1983), appointed Bishop of Valdivia
  • Pablo Lizama Riquelme (1988-1991), appointed Bishop of Melipilla
  • Alejandro Goić Karmelić (1991-1994), appointed Bishop of Osorno

Other priest of this diocese who became bishops
  • Miguel León Prado (Vicar General here, 1913-1925), appointed Bishop of Linares
List of parishes of the diocese of Talca:

Pastoral zones and Parishes

Pastoral zones

Urban Talca

  • El Sagrario[4]
  • Corazón de María[5]
  • Nuestra Señora de Fátima[6]
  • 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 (Maule)
  • Sagrado Corazón, Maule
  • San José, Duao (Maule)
  • San Rafael, San Rafael
  • San José, Pelarco
  • San Clemente, San Clemente
  • Inmaculada Concepción, Pencahue
  • Bajos de Lircay, San Clemente
  • Santa Amalia, El Sauce (Talca)
  • Sagrado Corazón, Gualleco (Curepto)

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 (Curicó)
  • Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Molina
  • Sagrada Familia, Sagrada Familia
  • Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Cordillerilla (Los Niches, Curicó)
  • San Pedro y San Pablo, Comunidad de Casablanca (Lontué)
  • Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Cumpeo (Río Claro)

Coastal Zone

  • Inmaculada Concepción, Villa Prat (Sagrada Familia)
  • Santísimo Sacramento, Hualañé
  • Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Curepto
  • San Miguel Arcángel, Licantén
  • Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Vichuquén
  • San Policarpo, La Huerta de Mataquito (Hualañé)
  • Vice-Parish of Llico (Vichuquén)

References
  1. catholic-hierarchy.org
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org
  3. San Martín, Inés (28 June 2018). "Pope removes two Chilean bishops accused of abuse cover-ups". Crux. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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