The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador is the chief ecclesiastical jurisdiction of El Salvador, serving the Salvadoran capital, San Salvador, and surrounding region.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Burgos is one of Spain's Latin Metropolitan sees.
The Archdiocese of Puerto Montt is a Metropolitan See of the Roman Catholic church, in Chile. Its suffragan dioceses are: Osorno, San Carlos de Ancud and Punta Arenas.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León is an ecclesiastical territory or Metropolitan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the Mexican city of León, Guanajuato. It currently covers an area of 41,940 km², and has a population of 6,500,000, including the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro. It was created as the Diocese of León on January 26, 1863 by Pope Pius IX, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on November 25, 2006, with the suffragan sees of Celaya, Irapuato, and Querétaro.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca,, is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its last bishop, Mgr. Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca, resigned 28 June 2018. The diocesan cathedral is in the city of Talca.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in the Dominican Republic. The see was erected 8 August 1511 as the Diocese of Santo Domingo and elevated to archdiocese on 12 February 1546.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Córdoba is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese and its suffragan sees include Cruz del Eje, San Francisco, Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto and Villa María as well as the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes. It was elevated on 20 April 1934.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile is one of the five Latin Metropolitan sees of the Roman Catholic Church in Chile.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia is a diocese located in the city of Palencia in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in northern Chile's Antofagasta Province.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción is an archdiocese located in the city of Concepción in Chile.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena is an archdiocese located in the city of La Serena in Chile.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valparaíso is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in central Chile.
The Diocese of San Juan de Calama is a diocese located in the city of Calama in the Ecclesiastical province of Antofagasta in Chile.
Ricardo Ezzati Andrello is an Italian-Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from December 2010 to March 2019 and has been a cardinal since February 2014. He previously served as Archbishop of Concepción. He headed the Episcopal Conference of Chile from 2010 to 2016.
The sexual abuse of minors by clergy of the Catholic Church in Chile and the failure of Church officials to respond and take responsibility attracted worldwide attention as a critical failure of Pope Francis and the Church as a whole to address the sexual abuse of minors by priests. Among a number of cases, that of Father Fernando Karadima, which became public in 2010, raised questions about the responsibility and complicity of several Chilean bishops, including some of the country's highest-ranking Catholic prelates.
Celestino Aós Braco O.F.M.Cap. is a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church and the Archbishop of Santiago, in Chile. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Santiago by Pope Francis on 23 March 2019, then Archbishop there on 27 December.
Cristián Caro Cordero is a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Puerto Montt from 2001 to June 2018.
Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar is a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Valparaíso from 1998 to June 2018.
Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina is a native of Chile and a former bishop of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of San Felipe from 2002 to 2018.
