Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Chile
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- 0100~
- Italica - Spain
- 0200-0300
- Sevilla (separated from Italica?) - Spain
- 0300-0400
- Sevilla (AD) - Spain
- 1536
- Cuzco (established from Spain/Sevilla?) - Peru
- 1552
- La Plata / Charcas (detached from Cuzco) - (Rio de la Plata) Bolivia
- Regarding Iquique:
- 1541
- Ciudad de los Reyes / Lima (detached from Cuzco) - Peru
- 1577
- Arequipa (detached from Lima) - Peru
- Regarding Easter Island (Isla de Pascua, Rapanui), transferred to AD Santiago de Chile in 1911, then to AV Araucania in 1936, and then to AD Valparaíso in 2002.
- 1514
- Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
- 1533
- Goa (detached from Funchal) - India
- 1558
- Malacca (detached from Goa) - Malaysia
- 1712
- Islands of the Indian Ocean (AP, detached from Malacca) - Indian Ocean
- 1818
- Bourbon (AP, new name, previously Islands of the Indian Ocean) - Reunion, Indian Ocean, etc.
- 1830
- South Seas Islands / Oceania / Islands of the Great Ocean (AP, detached from AP Bourbon) - Various countries and territories in Oceania
- 1833
- Southern Oceania (AP, detached from South Sea Islands AP, immediately made subject to Eastern Oceania AP, although a distinct AP) - Various countries and territories in Oceania
- 1833
- Eastern Oceania (AV, detached from South Seas Islands AP) - Various countries and territories in Oceania
- 1848
- Tahiti Islands (AV, new name, previously Eastern Oceania) - Tahiti
- 1561
- Santiago de Chile (detached from La Plata / Charcas) - Chile
- 1564
- Imperial (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1603
- Concepción / Santisima Concepción (new name, previously Imperial) - Chile
- 1840
- Santiago de Chile (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lima) - Chile
- 1840
- La Serena (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1840
- San Carlos de Ancud (detached from Concepción) - Chile
- 1880
- Tarapacá (AV) (detached from Arequipa) - (Peru) Chile
- 1881
- Antofagasta (Mission "sui iuris", detached from La Serena) - Chile
- 1883
- Patagonia Meridional, Tierra del Fuego y Islas Malvinas (AP, detached from San Carlos de Ancud) - Chile, Argentina
- 1901
- Araucanía (AP, detached from Concepción, and from San Carlos de Ancud) - Chile e
- 1910
- Chile (Mil.Ord.) - Chile
- 1912
- Antofagasta (VA) - Chile
- 1916
- Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (AV, and new name, previously Southern Patagonia / Magallanes AP) - Chile, Falkland Islands
- 1924
- Valdivia (AA, detached from San Carlos de Ancud) - Chile
- 1925
- Chillán (detached from Concepción) - Chile
- 1925
- Linares (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1925
- Rancagua (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1925
- San Felipe (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1925
- Talca (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1925
- Temuco (detached from Concepción) - Chile
- 1925
- Valparaíso (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1928
- Antofagasta - Chile
- 1928
- Araucanía (AV) - Chile
- 1929
- Iquique (D, and new name, previously Tarapacá, territory of the suppressed Tarapacá, and some from Arequipa) - Chile
- 1939
- Concepción (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1939
- La Serena (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1939
- Puerto Montt (detached from San Carlos de Ancud) - Chile
- 1940
- Aysén (AP, detached from San Carlos de Ancud) - Chile
- 1944
- Valdivia - Chile
- 1947
- Punta Arenas (new name, previously Magallanes y Islas Malvinas, AV) - Chile
- 1955
- Aysén (AV) - Chile
- 1955
- Copiapó (Prel., previously AA) - Chile
- 1955
- Osorno (detached from Valdivia, and from Puerto Montt) - Chile
- 1957
- Copiapó - Chile
- 1959
- Arica (Prel., detached from Iquique) - Chile
- 1959
- Los Angeles (detached from Concepción, and from Temuco) - Chile
- 1960
- Illapel (Prel., detached from La Serena, and from San Felipe) - Chile
- 1963
- Puerto Montt (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Concepción) - Chile
- 1965
- Calama (Prel., detached from Antofagasta, and from Iquique) - Chile
- 1967
- Antofagasta (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of La Serena) - Chile
- 1986
- Arica - Chile
- 1987
- San Bernardo (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 1991
- Melipilla (detached from Santiago de Chile) - Chile
- 2002
- Villarrica (D, and new name, previously Araucanía AV) - Chile