Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Valdivia, Diocese of

VALDIVIA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Valdiviensis

VALDIVIA, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the province of V. and Osorno in Chile (South America).

It has an area of 18,967 sq km and a population of 257,825 inhabitants, of whom 224,565 are Catholics; it has 25 parishes served by 17 diocesan priests and 45 regular priests; it has 6 male religious communities and 13 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 440). The diocese was created by Pope Pius XII on 8 July 1944 with the apostolic constitution Apostolicis plumbo litteris, as a suffragan of the Most Holy Concepción.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 36 (1944), pp. 321-24.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 965.

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Josi, Enrico. “Valdivia, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 965. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/valdivia-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Valdivia, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 965. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/valdivia-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Valdivia, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {965},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/valdivia-diocesi-di}
}

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