The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno (in Latin: Dioecesis Osornensis ) is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. The diocese was established on 15 November 1955 by Pope Pius XII by means of the Bulla Christianorum qui in Diocesibus. Its current bishop is Mgr. Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... A bishop is an ordained person who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... The Archdiocese of Puerto Montt (in Latin: Archidioecesis Portus Montt) is a Metropolitan See of the Roman Catholic church, in Chile. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pope Pius XII (Latin: ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from March 2, 1939 until his death. ... Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ...

Diocesan statistics

The diocese, which is comprised of the entire province of Osorno in the Los Lagos region of Chile, covers a territory of 9,236 km² and has 22 parishes. According to the 2002 census by the Chilean Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 69.3% of the diocesan population of Osorno, ages 15 and over, considered themselves as Catholic. This figure represents about 154,000 catholics out of a total population of 221,509 (2002). The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of San Mateo in the city of Osorno. Osorno is one of the provinces of Los Lagos Region, Chile. ... Los Lagos (Spanish The lakes) is Chiles tenth administrative region from north to south. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... A motherchurch or mother church in Christianity is used in three forms. ... A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... Osorno is a city in the Chilean Los Lagos Region, which lies on the Pan-American Highway about 100 km north of Puerto Montt. ...

Bishops of Osorno

• Francisco Maximiano Valdés Subercaseaux † (20 June 1956 - 4 January 1982, died)
• Miguel Caviedes Medina (8 November 1982 - 19 February 1994, appointed bishop of Los Angeles)
• Alejandro Goic Karmelic (27 October 1994 - 10 July 2003, appointed coadjutor bishop of Rancagua). Mgr. Goic is the current president of the Chilean Conference of Catholic bishops.
• René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas, former vicar general of Villarrica, appointed 8 May 2004

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Parishes

City of Osorno and its surroundings:

• San Mateo Apóstol, Cathedral (1792)
• Nuestra Señora del Carmen (1957)
• Sagrado Corazón (1964)
• San Francisco (1967)
• María Reina de los Mártires (1990)
• Santa Rosa de Lima (2001)
• Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (1930)
• Jesús Obrero (1964)
• El Buen Pastor (1972)
• San José (1980)
• San Leopoldo Mandic (1986)

Other localities:

• Sagrada Familia (1901), Río Negro
• San Joaquín y Santa Ana (1910), Río Negro
• San Juan Bautista (1806), Mission (Misión) of San Juan de la Costa
• Cristo Resucitado (1975), Mission of Cuinco (San Juan de la Costa)
• San Bernardino (1794), Mission of Quilacahuín (San Pablo)
• Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (1836), San Pablo
• San Agustín (1904), Puerto Octay
• San Juan Nepomuceno (1909), Cancura (Osorno)
• San Sebastián (1944), Purranque
• Nuestra Señora de Fátima (1955), Entre Lagos (Puyehue)
• San Pedro Apóstol (1970), Rupanco (Puyehue)

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External links

• Website of the diocese (in Spanish)
• Diocese of Osorno at the www.catholic-hierarchy.org website