Territorial Prelature of Illapel Praelatura Territorialis Ilapensis Prelatura Territorial de Illapel | |
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Location | |
Country | Chile |
Ecclesiastical province | La Serena |
Metropolitan | La Serena |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,350 km2 (4,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 82,000 78,000 (95.1%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 30 April 1960 (64 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Raphael in Illapel |
Patron saint | St Raphael the Archangel |
Current leadership | |
Prelate | Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco |
Metropolitan Archbishop | René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas |
Bishops emeritus | Rafael de la Barra Tagle |
Website | |
www.iglesia.cl/illapel |
The Territorial Prelature of Illapel (Latin : Praelatura Territorialis Ilapensis) is a territorial prelature located in the city of Illapel in the ecclesiastical province of La Serena in Chile.
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