Archdiocese of Puerto Montt
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Archdiocese of Puerto Montt Archidioecesis Portus Montt Arquidiócesis de Puerto Montt |
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Ecclesiastical province | Puerto Montt |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,205 km2 (7,029 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 329,776 235,097 (71.3%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 11 April 1939 (78 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Puerto Montt |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Cristián Caro Cordero |
| Emeritus Bishops | Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. |
| Website | |
| www.arzobispadodepuertomontt.cl | |
The Archdiocese of Puerto Montt (in Latin: Archidioecesis Portus Montt) is a Metropolitan See of the Roman Catholic church, in Chile. Its suffragan dioceses are: Osorno, San Carlos de Ancud and Punta Arenas. The current archbishop is Mgr. Cristián Caro Cordero. Retired (emeriti) archbishops are: Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo and Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz.
The diocese of Puerto Montt was created with territory carved out of the diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, on 11 April 1939, by Pope Pius XII and elevated to Archdiocese and Metropolitan on May 10, 1963. The "Virgen del Carmen" is the patroness saint of the archdiocese.
The archdiocese, which comprises the entire province of Llanquihue in the Los Lagos region of Chile, covers a territory of 18,205 km² and has 31 parishes. The estimated catholic population of the diocese is about 235,000 out of a total population of 330,000. The diocesan cathedral, located in the city of Puerto Montt, was built in 1870 in the doric style and is dedicated to the "Virgen del Carmen".
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Coordinates: 41°28′18″S 72°56′12″W / 41.4717°S 72.9367°W
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