Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Chile

This article is about the Roman Catholic Diocese in Chile. For the Roman Catholic Diocese in Venezuela, see Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Venezuela.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe (Latin: Sancti Philippi) is a diocese located in the city of San Felipe in the ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in Chile. The diocese was led by an apostolic administrator, Jaime Ortiz de Lazcano Piquer, from 21 September 2018 (when Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Cristián Contreras Molina,^[1] whom the Vatican had found innocent of charges of sexual abuse and who had had civil charges dropped for lack of evidence.^[2]) until 26 May 2020, when Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez was appointed the new Bishop (consecrated and installed on 13 August).

Diocese of San Felipe Dioecesis Sancti Philippi Diócesis de San Felipe
Cathedral of St. Philip
Location
Country	Chile
Ecclesiastical province	Santiago de Chile
Metropolitan	Santiago de Chile
Statistics
Area	10,223 km2 (3,947 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 337,000 269,000 (79.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	18 October 1925 (99 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Philip in San Felipe
Patron saint	St Philip the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez
Website
obispadosanfelipe.cl

History

• 18 October 1925: Established as Diocese of San Felipe from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile^{[citation needed]}

Leadership

• Bishops of San Felipe (Roman Rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez (26 May 2020 – present)
  • Bishop Cristián Contreras Molina, O. de M. (19 July 2002 – 21 September 2018)
  • Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón (20 December 1983 – 21 September 2001), appointed Bishop of Temuco
  • Archbishop (personal title) Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (25 March 1974 – 3 May 1983), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Valparaíso
  • Bishop Enrique Alvear Urrutia (7 June 1965 – 9 February 1974)
  • Bishop José Luis Castro Cabrera (10 May 1963 – 26 January 1965)
  • Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre (23 November 1957 – 23 April 1963)
  • Bishop Roberto Benardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. (19 March 1938 – 23 November 1957)
  • Bishop Melquisedec del Canto Terán (14 December 1925 – 19 March 1938)