Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles

Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles; Dioecesis Sanctae Mariae Angelorum; Diócesis de Santa María de Los Angeles
Location
Country	Chile
Ecclesiastical province	Concepción
Metropolitan	Concepción
Statistics
Area	13,454 km2 (5,195 sq mi)
Population; Total; Catholics	(as of 2023); 383,850; 230,240 (60.0%)
Parishes	25
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	20 June 1959
Cathedral	St. Mary of the Angels Cathedral
Patron saint	Our Lady of Angels
Secular priests	43 (36 Diocesan, 7 Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Cristián Castro Toovey
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arraigada, SS.CC.
Bishops emeritus	Felipe Bacarreza
Website
	www.obispadolosangeles.cl

Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Latin: Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a diocese located in the city of Los Ángeles in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.

History

20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco

Bishops

Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Cristián Castro Toovey (2024.03.23 – Present)
- Felipe Bacarreza (2006.01.07 – 2024.03.23), retired
- Miguel Caviedes Medina (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07), retired
- Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19), resigned
- Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13), appointed Bishop of San Bernardo
- Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
- Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle, O.F.M. (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
- Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.06.25), appointed Archbishop of Concepción

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Tomás Carrasco Cortés (2001-2023), appointed Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama
Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin (1988-2009), appointed Bishop of Villarrica