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

Temuco, Diocese of

TEMUCO, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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TEMUCO, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the province of Malleco and part of that of Cautin in Chile (South America).

It has an area of 19,544 sq km with a population of 329,576 inhabitants, of whom 100,000 are Catholics; it has 21 parishes served by 16 diocesan priests and 31 regulars; it has 12 male religious communities and 16 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 420).

The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Notabiliter aucto of 18 October 1925, by dismemberment from the archdiocese of Santísima Concepción, of which it is a suffragan, raising to the rank and dignity of cathedral the church dedicated to St. Joseph.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 18 (1926), pp. 205-207.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1909.

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Josi, Enrico. “Temuco, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1909. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/temuco-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Temuco, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1909. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/temuco-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Temuco, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1909},
  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/temuco-diocesi-di}
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