Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile 🇨🇱

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Bartolomé de Chillán (español) / Sancti Bartholomæi de Chillán (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Concepción

Neighbouring Dioceses: Concepción (↙), Linares (↑), Neuquén (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Bartholomew (August 24)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 15

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1925.10.18: Established as Diocese of Chillán (español) / Chillanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Santiago)
1939.05.20: Became suffragan of Concepción
1963.01.10: Lost territory to Diocese of Linares
2017.11.01: Renamed as Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán (español) / Sancti Bartholomæi de Chillán (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Libertad 640, piso 2, Chillán, Chile

Phone: 42-222337

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.10.31 – ...):

Archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira (56)

Archbishop ad personam

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira (56)
(2025.10.31 – ...)

Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile)
Archbishop ad personam

Omnia mea tua sunt

Born:	1969.06.10 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1999.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.10.17

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1999.07.03 – 2021.09.08)

Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia (2021.09.08 – 2025.10.31)

Secretary of Dicastery for the Clergy (2021.10.01 – 2025.10.31)

Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile) (2025.10.31 – ...)

Archbishop ad personam (2025.10.31 – ...)

Bishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. (62) (later Archbishop)
(2020.02.05 – 2024.05.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile

Reaviva el don de Dios que está en ti

Born:	1963.08.26 (Coronel, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1990.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.07.11

Apostolic Administrator of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile) (2018.09.21 – 2020.02.05)

Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile) (2020.02.05 – 2024.05.16)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2021.07.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile) (2024.05.16 – ...)

Fr. Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. (62) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.09.21 – 2020.02.05)

Bishop Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. (67)
(2017.11.01 – 2018.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile)

Ven espiritu creador

Born:	1958.07.28 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1985.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.04.29

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (2006.03.25 – 2017.11.01)

Bishop of San Bartolomé de Chillán (Chile) (2017.11.01 – 2018.09.21)

Bishops of Chillán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Eduardo Pellegrín Barrera, S.V.D. (67)
(2006.03.25 – 2017.11.01)

(see above)

Bishop Alberto Jara Franzoy
(1982.04.30 – 2006.03.25)

Veni ministrare

Born:	1929.07.27 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1962.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.06.06
Died:	2019.09.05 (Santiago, Chile † 90)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1982.04.30 – 2006.03.25)

Bishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus, I.Sch. (later Mr.)
(1974.12.14 – 1981.11.09)

Pastor ad pacem

Born:	1933.12.18 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.03.02
Died:	2020.08.12 (Santiago, Chile † 86)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1974.12.14 – 1981.11.09)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family (1981.08.04 – 1985.01.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1985.01.22 – 1990.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1990.09.29 – 1997.04.16)

Lay state (2018.10.11)

Bishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz (later Archbishop)
(1955.08.28 – 1974.07.16)

Gressus meos dirige

Born:	1911.06.02 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1934.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.18
Died:	2008.06.29 († 97)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1955.08.28 – 1974.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1974.07.16 – 1987.05.13)

Bishop Jorge Larraín Cotapos
(1937.03.20 – 1955.08.10)

Born:	1887.06.13 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1915.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.04.25
Died:	1955.08.10 († 68)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1937.03.20 – 1955.08.10)

Bishop Martín Rucker Sotomayor
(1925.12.14 – 1935.01.06)

Born:	1867.01.26 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1890.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.07.25
Died:	1935.01.06 (Chillán, Chile † 67)

Apostolic Administrator of Tarapacá (Chile) (1906 – 1910)

Titular Bishop of Mariamme (1923.03.16 – 1925.12.14)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1925.12.14 – 1935.01.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Bartolomé, Chillán, Ñuble
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (31)

Concepción (↙), Linares (↑), Neuquén (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,461 km²

Population: 360,000 Catholics (69.9% of 514,890 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 458 missions

Personnel: 33 priests (26 diocesan, 7 religious), 32 deacons, 62 religious (7 brothers, 55 sisters), 1 seminarian