Fernando Chomalí Garib


Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib
Cardinal
Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Chomalí Garib in 2025
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSantiago de Chile
ProvinceSantiago de Chile
MetropolisSantiago de Chile
Appointed25 October 2023
Installed16 December 2023
PredecessorCelestino Aós Braco
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Mauro Abate (2024–)
Previous post(s)Auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Chile (2006–2011)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Concepción (2011–2023)
Orders
Ordination6 April 1991
by Carlos Oviedo Cavada
Consecration3 June 2006
by Aldo Cavalli
Created cardinal7 December 2024
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib

(1957-03-10) 10 March 1957
DenominationCatholic Church
OccupationArchbishop, Prelate
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
Pontifical Gregorian University
John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences
MottoMihi Vivere Christus Est
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Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib (born 10 March 1957) is a Chilean Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile since 2023. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile from 2006 to 2011 and Archbishop of Concepción from 2011 to 2023. He was made a cardinal in 2024.