Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares

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Diocese of Linares

Dioecesis Linarensis

Diócesis de Linares
Catedral de Linares Foto 007.jpg
Cathedral of St. Ambrose
Location
Country Chile
Ecclesiastical province Santiago de Chile
Statistics
Area15,110 km2 (5,830 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
361,384
271,038 (75%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established18 October 1925 (99 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Ambrose in Linares
Patron saint St Ambrose
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopTomislav Koljatic Maroevic
Metropolitan Archbishop Celestino Aós Braco, OFM Cap
Website
obispadodelinares.cl

The Diocese of Linares (also known as the Diocese of San Ambrosio de Linares; Latin : Dioecesis Linarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Linares, Chile. It was established by Pope Pius XI on October 18, 1925 in his papal bull Notabiliter Aucto.

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The Diocese of Linares is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. The diocese is located in the geographical center of Chile. The diocesan territory comprises two Chilean full provinces, Linares Province and Cauquenes Province, and part of a third, Talca Province, all of them in the Maule Region of Chile.[ citation needed ]

Diocesan statistics

The Diocese of Linares has an area of 15,111 km2 and a population close to 350,000.

Deaneries and parishes

There are 33 parishes grouped into six Deaneries , including: Urban Linares, Parral, Cauquenes, Constitución, San Javier, Rural Linares.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Linares

Notes

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