Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica
The Diocese of Villarrica (Latin: Dioecesis Villarricensis, Spanish: diócesis de Villarrica ) is a diocese located in Chile of the Roman Catholic church located in Villarrica.
History
The Diocese of Villa Rica was on July 16, 1901 by Pope Leo XIII. detached from the Diocese of Concepción and built as a Prefecture Apostolic of Araucanía. On March 28, 1928, the Prefecture was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate.
On 19 November 2001, the Apostolic Vicariate of Araucania was established by Pope John Paul II as a diocese Vallerrica. The diocese is the Archdiocese of Concepción Vallerrica a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Prefects Apostolic of Araucanía
- Guido Beck Benedict, OFM Cap, 1925-1928
Vicars Apostolic of Araucanía
- Guido Benedetto de Beck Ramberga OFM Cap, 1928-1958
- Carlos Guillermo de Hartl running OFM Cap, 1958-1977 ( Coadjutor 1956-1958 )
- José Sixto Parzinger Foidl OFM Cap, 1977-2001
Bishops of Villa Rica
- José Sixto Parzinger Foidl OFM Cap, 2001-2009
- Francisco Javier web Meier Schmidlin, since 2009
Pictures of Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica
