Miguel Caviedes

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Miguel Blas Caviedes Medina (January 30, 1930 – December 26, 2025) was a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate.

Life and ministry

Caviedes was born in Coltauco, Chile, on January 30, 1930. He studied philosophy at the seminary in Santiago, and theology at the faculty of theology of the Catholic University of Chile.[1]

He was ordained a priest in the Cathedral of Rancagua on September 18, 1954, by Msgr. Eduardo Larraín, then Bishop of Rancagua. Pope John Paul II elected him Bishop of Osorno on October 30, 1982. He was consecrated as a bishop at the Cathedral of Rancagua on December 19, 1982, by Alejandro Durán, Bishop of Rancagua. The principal co-consecrators were Orozimbo Fuenzalida, Bishop of Santa Maria de los Los Ángeles, and Alberto Jara, Bishop of Chillán. John Paul II transferred him to the Diocese of Santa Maria de los Los Ángeles on February 1, 1994, due to Msgr. Adolfo Rodríguez's retirement.[2]

Caviedes died in the city of Rancagua, on December 26, 2025 at the age of 95.[3][4]

References

  1. 1.Bascur, Leyla (December 26, 2025). "Declaración Pública por el sensible fallecimiento de Monseñor Miguel Caviedes Medina, Obispo Emérito". Diócesis Santa María de Los Ángeles (in Spanish). Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  2. 2."Bishop Miguel Blas Caviedes Medina [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  3. 3."Diócesis local lamenta fallecimiento de Miguel Caviedes Medina, exobispo de Osorno".
  4. 4.Lutti nell'episcopato (in Italian)