Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena is an archdiocese located in the city of La Serena in Chile.History
On Saturday, December 14, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena, presented by Archbishop Gerardo Manuel Donoso Donoso, SS.CC., in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law. Pope Francis appointed as the next Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena, Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas, who until then had been Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorno, in Osorno, Chile. On October 11, 2018, Pope Francis laicized former Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus amid accusations of sexual abuse against childrenBishops
- Archbishops of La Serena, below
- * Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas
- * Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.
- * Archbishop Francisco José Cox Huneeus
- * Archbishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo
- * Archbishop Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín, appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- * Archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez
- * Archbishop Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz
- * Archbishop José María Caro Rodríguez, appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- Bishops of La Serena, below
- * Bishop José María Caro Rodríguez ; future Cardinal
- * Bishop Carlos Silva Cotapos, appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
- * Bishop Ramón Angel Jara Ruz
- * Bishop Florencio Eduardo Fontecilla Sánchez
Coadjutor archbishops
- Arturo Mery Beckdorf, did not succeed to see
- Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt
Auxiliary bishops
- Guillermo Juan Carter Gallo, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Tarapacá
- Eduardo Solar Vicuña
- Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC., appointed Archbishop here
- Luis Gleisner Wobbe
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Pedro Aguilera Narbona, appointed Bishop of Iquique in 1941
- José del Carmen Valle Gallardo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Iquique in 1963
Suffragan dioceses
- Diocese of Copiapó
- Territorial Prelature of Illapel
