Vatican official transferred to Chilean diocese
November 03, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira, secretary of the Dicastery for the Clergy since 2021, as bishop of the Diocese of San Bartolomé de Chillán, Chile, which has 360,000 Catholics. The Pontiff permitted the prelate to retain the personal title of archbishop.
In 2021, Pope Francis was the principal consecrator and principal celebrant at the archbishop’s episcopal ordination Mass.
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