Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco

History

• 1908: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Temuco from the Diocese of Concepción
• 18 October 1925: Promoted as Diocese of Temuco

  Bishops

• Bishops of Temuco, in reverse chronological order
• * Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas
• * Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatrón
• * Bishop Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia
• * Bishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo, resigned; appointed Archbishop of La Serena in 1983
• * Bishop Alejandro Menchaca Lira
• * Bishop Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida, SS.CC., appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
• * Bishop Alfredo Silva Santiago, appointed Bishop of Concepción; future Archbishop
• * Bishop Prudencio Contardo Ibarra, C.SS.R. ; was Vicar General and titular bishop here, 1920-1925
• * Bishop Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla

  Auxiliary bishop

• Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Ricardo Sepúlveda Hermosilla