Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia

Diocese of Valdivia

Dioecesis Valdiviensis

Diócesis de Valdivia
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
CountryChile
Ecclesiastical provinceConcepción
MetropolitanConcepción
Statistics
Area13,679 km2 (5,281 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 297,000
  • 237,000 (79.8%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 June 1910 (115 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Patron saintOur Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopSantiago Jaime Silva Retamales
Metropolitan ArchbishopFernando Natalio Chomalí Garib
Website
www.obispadodevaldivia.cl

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia (Latin: Valdivien(sis)) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Valdivia, Los Ríos.