Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe, Chile


The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Felipe is a diocese located in the city of San Felipe in the Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Chile in Chile. The diocese has been led by an apostolic administrator, Jaime Ortiz de Lazcano Piquer, since Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Cristián Contreras Molina on 21 September 2018, whom the Vatican had found innocent of charges of sexual abuse and who had had civil charges dropped for lack of evidence. On May 26, 2020, Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Ãlvarez was appointed the new Bishop.

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