Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Antofagasta, Diocese of

ANTOFAGASTA, DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Antofagastensis

ANTOFAGASTA, DIOCESE OF. - The city of A. rises in northern Chile, in a nearly desert region, but one rich in mineral resources (nitrates), and it has a good port; it is the capital of a vast province (123,063 sq. km.), very sparsely populated. The diocese, created on 3 February 1928, is a suffragan of La Serena and comprises the entire province with a population of 135,000 Catholic inhabitants, divided into 20 parishes. The clergy, for the most part foreign, consists of 28 priests, 19 of whom are regulars.

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BIBL.: AAS, 21 (1929), pp. 138-43; see also the Revista Católica, Organo de la Provincia eclesiástica de Chile, 1933-40, and the Centro Italiano de estudios americanos. Annuario, Rome 1940.

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Raul Pinto. “Antofagasta, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1511. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/antofagasta-diocesi-di.

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Raul Pinto. “Antofagasta, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1511. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/antofagasta-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Raul Pinto},
  title     = {Antofagasta, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1511},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/antofagasta-diocesi-di}
}

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