Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Rancagua, Diocese of

RANCAGUA, DIOCESI DI

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RANCAGUA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the civil provinces of O'Higgins and Colchagua, Chile (South America).

The diocese covers a territory of 15,590 square miles and has a total population of 310,000 inhabitants, of whom 280,000 are Catholics; it has 209 churches, 44 parishes, 47 diocesan priests, 17 seminarians, 48 religious priests.

The diocese of Santiago de Chile, erected by Pius IV in 1561 as a suffragan of Lima, was elevated to metropolitan status by Gregory XVI in 1840. From this, on Oct. 18, 1925, Pius XI, by the constitution Apostolici muneris, dismembering the two civil provinces of O'Higgins and Colchagua, created the diocese of R.; the church of the Holy Cross in R. was elevated to a cathedral.

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BIBL.: AAS, 18 (1926), p. 202; Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 334; see also SANTIAGO, ARCHDIOCESE of.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), coll. 519–520.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Rancagua, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 519–520. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/rancagua-diocesi-di.

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Carrière, Gastone. “Rancagua, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 519–520. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/rancagua-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec10_rancagua_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Carrière, Gastone},
  title     = {Rancagua, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {519--520},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/rancagua-diocesi-di}
}

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