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Bible Encyclopedias
Antofogaste
The Catholic Encyclopedia
or Vicariate Apostolic in Chile, dependent on the Sacred Congregation of Ecclesiastical Affairs. By the treaty of 24 November, 1884, between Chile and Bolivia, the part of the province of Antofogaste which belonged to Bolivia was ceded to Chile. The population in 1895 was 44,085, of which the city of Antofogaste contained 16,253. The area of the vicariate in square miles is 46,597. There are six parishes under the jurisdiction of the vicar-apostolic: Nuestra Senyora del Carmen de Tocopilla, Santa María Magdalena de Cobija, San Jose de Antofogaste, San Felipe de Neri de Caracoles, San Juan Bautista de Calama, and San Pedro de Atcama. The ecclesiastical vicariate of Antofogaste and that of Tarapacá depend directly on the Holy See, but appeals from their vicars should come to the Archbishopric of Santiago.
La Provincia Ecclesiastica Chilena (Freiburg, 1895).
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Antofogaste'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/antofogaste.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
