Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

La Serena, Diocese of

LA SERENA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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LA SERENA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the province of Coquimbo in Chile; it embraces the provinces of Atacama and Coquimbo.

The diocese has an area of 34,862 sq. km. with 245,609 inhabitants, of whom 232,750 are Catholics. It has 27 parishes, with 38 diocesan priests and 48 regular priests, and a seminary; there are 12 male religious communities and 15 female ones (Annuario Pontificio, 1951, p. 241).

The diocese was created by Gregory XVI on 1 July 1840, as a suffragan of Santiago; the first bishop was Msgr. J. A. de la Sierra. Pope Pius XII, with the apostolic constitution Quo provinciarum of 20 May 1939, raised it to metropolitan dignity, giving it as suffragans the dioceses of Antofagasta, Iquique and the apostolic administration of Copiapó.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 31 (1939), pp. 538-41.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), coll. 925–926.

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Josi, Enrico. “La Serena, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 925–926. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/la-serena-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “La Serena, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 925–926. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/la-serena-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {La Serena, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {925--926},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/la-serena-diocesi-di}
}

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