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

Linares, Diocese of

LINARES, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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LINARES, Diocese of. - Diocese and capital city of the province of the same name in Chile.

The diocese, now with an area of 12,380 sq km, has 161,371 inhabitants, of whom 160,000 are Catholics, distributed in 14 parishes, served by 23 diocesan priests and 25 regulars; a seminary, 8 male religious communities and 14 female (Annuario Pontificio, 1951, p. 248).

It was created by Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Notabiliter aucto of 18 Oct. 1925, by dismemberment from the diocese of the Most Holy Conception of the civil province of L.; erecting as cathedral the parish church dedicated to St. Ambrose. It is a suffragan of Santiago de Chile.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 18 (1925), pp. 205-207.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1365.

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Josi, Enrico. “Linares, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1365. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/linares-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Linares, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1365. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/linares-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Linares, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1365},
  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/linares-diocesi-di}
}

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