Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
IQUIQUE. - City and diocese of Chile, erected on 20 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Ad gregem dominicum through the suppression of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tarapacá; it was first a suffragan of Santiago de Chile, now of La Serena.
(photo by Alinari) IRA - Fresco by Giotto (1303-1305) - Padua, Scrovegni Chapel, monochrome socle.The Cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. It covers an area of 75,000 sq km and has 115,000 inhabitants, of whom 110,000 are Catholics, grouped into 23 parishes served by 9 diocesan priests and 28 regular clergy; it has 7 male and 6 female religious communities, a seminary (1949).
BIBL.: AAS, 23 (1931), pp. 361-64. Enrico Josi
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“IQUIQUE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), p. 129. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/iquique.
