Conferencia Episcopal de Chile (C.E.C.H.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Chile (English)

Country: Chile

Address: Correo 21, Echaurren 4, 6º piso, Santiago, Casilla 517-V, Chile

Phone: (02)671.77.33

Websites:

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Present Officials

President (2024.04.17 – ...):	Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas (67) Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile)
Vice-President (2024.04.17 – ...):	Archbishop Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina (69) Metropolitan Archbishop of Antofagasta (Chile)
General Secretary (2021.07.28 – ...):	Archbishop Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arriagada, SS.CC. (62) Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (Chile)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib (68) (later Cardinal) (2023.10.25 – 2024.04.17)
President: Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap. (81) (2021.07.28 – 2023.10.25)
President: Bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales (70) (2016.11.11 – 2021.07.28)
President: Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B. (84) (2010.11 – 2016.11.11)
President: Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić (2004 – 2010.11)
President: Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch. (92) (1998 – 2004)
President: Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (1995 – 1998)
President: Bishop Fernando Ariztía Ruiz (1992 – 1995)
President: Bishop Carlos González Cruchaga (1987 – 1992)
President: Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (1983 – 1987)
President: Bishop José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. (later Archbishop) (1980 – 1983)
President: Archbishop Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1977 – 1980)
President: Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín (later Cardinal) (1976 – 1977)
President: Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (1972 – 1976)
President: Bishop José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. (later Archbishop) (1968 – 1972)
President: Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. (1963 – 1968)
President: Archbishop Alfredo Silva Santiago (1961 – 1963)
Vice-President: Archbishop Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib (68) (later Cardinal) (2021.07.28 – 2023.10.25)
Vice-President: Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas (67) (2018.11.13 – 2021.07.28)
Vice-President: Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel (66) (2016.11.11 – 2018.11.13)
Vice-President: Bishop Alejandro Goić Karmelić (2010.11 – 2016.10.21)
Vice-President: Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. (83) (2005 – 2011)
Vice-President: Bishop Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. (1987 – 2003)
General Secretary: Archbishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (67) (2016.11.11 – 2021.07.28)
General Secretary: Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel (66) (2014 – 2016.11.11)
General Secretary: Bishop Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina (69) (later Archbishop) (2011 – 2014)
General Secretary: Bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales (70) (2008 – 2011)
General Secretary: Bishop Cristián Contreras Villarroel (66) (2004 – 2008)
General Secretary: Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas (1974 – 1976)
General Secretary: Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (1970 – 1998.12.07)

Last updated on 2026.04.19