Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Sanctae Mariae Angelorum) is a diocese located in the city of Los Ángeles in the ecclesiastical province of Concepción in Chile.

History

 * 20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Los Ángeles from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco

Bishops

 * Bishops of Santa María de Los Ángeles (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
 * Bishop Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez (2006.01.07 – present)
 * Bishop Miguel Caviedes Medina (1994.02.19 – 2006.01.07)
 * Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal (1988.07.06 – 1994.02.19)
 * Bishop Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (1970.02.26 – 1987.07.13), appointed Bishop of San Bernardo
 * Bishop Alejandro Durán Moreira (1966.03.31 – 1970.02.02), appointed Bishop of Rancagua
 * Bishop Luis Yáñez Ruiz Tagle (1964.03.21 – 1965.11.21)
 * Bishop Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin (1959.12.17 – 1963.05.30), appointed Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

 * Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin, appointed Bishop of Villarrica