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{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Archdiocese
|name = Antofagasta
|latin = Archidioecesis Antofagastensis
|local = Arquidiócesis de Antofagasta
|image = ParroquiaSanJoséCatedralAntofagasta.jpg
|caption = Cathedral of St. Joseph
|country = {{flag|Chile}}
|province = Antofagasta
|rite = Latin Rite
|established = 1881 ({{age|1881|0|0}} years ago)
|cathedral = Cathedral of St Joseph in Antofagasta
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 84,506
|population = 362,000
|population_as_of = 2012
|catholics = 252,300
|catholics_percent= 69.7
|patron = Saint Joseph
|parishes = 19
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|metro_archbishop = Pablo Lizama Riquelme
|bishop_title = Archbishop
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
|emeritus_bishops = Patricio Infante Alfonso
|map = Arquidiócesis de Antofagasta.svg
|website = www.iglesiadeantofagasta.cl
}}The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antofagasta ({{lang-la|Antofagasten(sis)}}) is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in northern Chile's Antofagasta Province. Special churches - Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Antofagasta.
- It also has a Minor Basilica : Basílica del Corazón de María
History - 1881: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Antofagasta, on territory split off from the Diocese of La Serena (now Metropolitan)
- 1887: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Antofagasta
- 3 February 1928: Promoted as Diocese of Antofagasta
- 1965.07.21: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Calama (now suffragan Diocese of San Juan de Calama)
- 28 June 1967: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antofagasta/ Antofagasten(sis) (Latin adjective)
- Enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II in April 1987.
Statistics As per 2014, it pastorally served 386,017 Catholics (70.2% of 550,256 total) on 84,504 km² in 20 parishes and 67 missions with 37 priests (18 diocesan, 19 religious), 28 deacons, 108 lay religious (24 brothers, 84 sisters) and 2 seminarians. Ecclesiastical province The Metropolitan's Suffragan sees are : - Roman Catholic Diocese of Arica
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Iquique
- Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de Calama, its daughter see
Ordinaries (all Roman rite Chileans) - Ecclesiastical Superior of Antofagasta
- Father Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez (1883 – 1886.12.23), next Bishop of mother see La Serena (Chile) (1890.06.26 – death 1909.03.03)
- Apostolic Vicars of Antofagasta
- Bishop-elect Luís Silva Lezaeta first term (1887.05.15 – 1896)
- Fr. Felipe Salas Errázuriz (1896.03.04 – 1905)
- Luís Silva Lezaeta again (1904.11.04 – 1928.02.03 see below), Titular Bishop of Olena (1912.01.05 – 1928.02.03)
- Suffragan Bishops of Antofagasta
- Luís Silva Lezaeta (see above 1928.02.03 – death 1929.05.21)
- Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez (1933.12.23 – 1943.06.05), next Metropolitan Archbishop of La Serena (Chile) (1943.06.05 – 1967.03.10), Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Apostolic Administration of Copiapó (Chile) (1947.03.19 – 1948.06.17), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Thapsus (1967.03.10 – retired 1970.12.02), died 1989
BIOs TO ELABORATE - Hernán Frías Hurtado (1945.01.13 – 1957.05.24)
- Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (1957.08.20 – 1967.06.28 see below)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Antofagasta
- Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos (see above 1967.06.28 – 1974.03.25)
- Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (1974.03.25 – 1990.03.30)
- Patricio Infante Alfonso (1990.12.12 – 2004.11.26)
- Pablo Lizama Riquelme (2004.11.26 – 8 June 2017)
- Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina (8 June 2017 – ...)
See also - List of Catholic dioceses in Chile
Sources and external links {{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Antofogaste|Apostolic Vicariate of Antofagasta}}- GCatholic.org
- Diocese website
- {{CathEncy|wstitle=Vicariate Apostolic of Antofogaste}}
- Catholic Hierarchy
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