La Imperial, Chile


La Imperial or Ciudad Imperial was a city founded by Pedro de Valdivia on 16 April 1552 and named in honor of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, then king of Spain. It was abandoned on 5 April 1600 and destroyed as a result of the Mapuche Uprising of 1598 during the War of Arauco. The ruins were called Antigua Imperial. A city was refounded there in 1882 under the name Carahue.

Ecclesiastical history

;Suffragan bishops of La Imperial
The diocese was nominally restored in 2000 as Latin Titular bishopric of La Imperial / Civitatis Imperialis
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal rank :