The Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca, (in Latin: Dioecesis Talcensis), is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. Its current bishop, Galo Fernández Villaseca, was appointed on 20 March 2021.http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org The diocesan cathedral is in the city of Talca.
History The dioceses of Talca, of Rancagua and of San Felipe were erected by Pope Pius XI on 18 October 1925 by means of the Bulla "Notabiliter Aucto".
Diocesan statistics The diocese lies in the Maule Region of Chile and covers a territory of 17,000 km². It is comprised by the province of Curicó and by eight municipalities (comunas) of the province of Talca (the parishes of the municipalities of Empedrado and Constitución are jurisdictionally attached to the neighboring diocese of Linares, from an ecclesiastical point of view). The diocese is divided into 45 parishes (as of April 2015), grouped in 5 pastoral zones.
Bishops Miguel León Prado (apostolic administrator) † (12 June 1913 – 18 October 1925 appointed, auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile) Carlos Silva Cotapos † (14 December 1925 – 21 January 1939 resigned) Manuel Larraín Errázuriz † (21 January 1939 succeeded – 22 June 1966 died) Carlos González Cruchaga (4 January 1967 – 12 December 1996 retired) Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca (12 December 1996 appointed – 28 June 2018 retired) Galo Fernández Villaseca (20 March 2021 appointed – present)
Coadjutor bishop Manuel Larraín Errazuriz (1938-1939
Auxiliary bishops Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1958-1960), appointed Bishop of Temuco Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1963-1965), appointed Bishop of San Felipe Alejandro Jiménez Lafeble (1975-1983), appointed Bishop of Valdivia Pablo Lizama Riquelme (1988-1991), appointed Bishop of Melipilla Alejandro Goić Karmelić (1991-1994), appointed Bishop of Osorno
Other priest of this diocese who became bishops Miguel León Prado (Vicar General here, 1913-1925), appointed Bishop of Linares
Pastoral zones and Parishes
Pastoral zones
Urban Talca El Sagrariowebsite Corazón de Maríawebsite Nuestra Señora de Fátimawebsite San Luis Santa Ana St. Augustine Cathedral San Sebastián Inmaculada Concepción Los Doce Apóstoles Santa Teresita La Merced Espíritu Santo Sagrada Familia San Alberto Hurtado
Rural Talca San José, Colín (Maule) Sagrado Corazón, Maule San José, Duao (Maule) San Rafael, San Rafael San José, Pelarco San Clemente, San Clemente Inmaculada Concepción, Pencahue Bajos de Lircay, San Clemente Santa Amalia, El Sauce (Talca) Sagrado Corazón, Gualleco (Curepto)
Urban Curicó La Merced San Juan Bautista Nuestra Señora del Rosario Cristo Resucitado Jesús Obrero Jesús de Nazareth Iglesia San Francisco San José Santa Fé
Rural Curicó San Juan de Dios, Teno Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Romeral San Pedro, Rauco San Bonifacio, Lontué Unidad Pastoral, Sarmiento (Curicó) Nuestra Señora del Tránsito, Molina Sagrada Familia, Sagrada Familia Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Cordillerilla (Los Niches, Curicó) San Pedro y San Pablo, Comunidad de Casablanca (Lontué) Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Cumpeo (Río Claro)
Coastal Zone Inmaculada Concepción, Villa Prat (Sagrada Familia) Santísimo Sacramento, Hualañé Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Curepto San Miguel Arcángel, Licantén Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Vichuquén San Policarpo, La Huerta de Mataquito (Hualañé) Vice-Parish of Llico (Vichuquén)
External links Website of the diocese (in Spanish) www.catholic-hierarchy.org: Diocese of Talca
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