Alejandro Goic Karmelic
| Alejandro Goic Karmelic | |
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| Bishop of Rancagua | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| In office | 23 April 2004 – present |
| Predecessor | Javier Prado Aránguiz |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 March 1966 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 7, 1940 Punta Arenas, Chile |
Alejandro Goic Karmelic (born 7 March 1940) is a Chilean bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He is currently the bishop of the Diocese of Rancagua and President of the Chilean Conference of Bishops. He was formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Concepción, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Osorno.
Alejandro Goic Karmelic born in the city of Punta Arenas on 7 March 1940, the son of a family of Croatian immigrants, from the island of Brač, Dalmatia. His father was Pedro Goic and his mother Margarita Karmelic; Alejandro was the youngest of four children.
Goic learned to read at a rural school, and continued his studies at the Instituto Don Bosco and the Liceo Salesiano in Punta Arenas. Later, he joined the Metropolitan Seminary of Concepción, where he studied philosophy, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he studied theology.
Goic was ordained to the priesthood on 12 March 1966 in Punta Arenas, by the man who motivated him to explore his priestly vocation, the bishop of the diocese, Vladimiro Boric. While in the Diocese of Punta Arenas, Goic served has the priest of Our Lady of Fatima parish and the chaplain of the penitentiary in Punta Arenas, until 1973.
In March 1973, he was appointed Vicar-General of Punta Arenas by Bishop Boric. Upon Boric's death, Goic went on to serve in the post of vicar capitular until the Holy See appointed a bishop for the diocese. The appointment went to Msgr. Tomas Gonzalez, and Goic continued on as vicar general until May 1979. During those years, Father Goic participated in the negotiations that the Catholic Church in Chile made with their counterparts in Argentina, in order to avoid a military conflict in the year 1978 (which would eventually be resolved by the arbitration of Pope John Paul II). Between 1975 and 1976, he continued courses in theology at the Abbey of Saint Andrew in Bruges, Belgium.
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