Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares

Diocese of Linares Dioecesis Linarensis Diócesis de Linares
Cathedral of St. Ambrose
Location
Country	Chile
Ecclesiastical province	Santiago de Chile
Statistics
Area	15,110 km2 (5,830 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 361,384 271,038 (75%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 October 1925 (99 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Ambrose in Linares
Patron saint	St Ambrose
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic
Metropolitan Archbishop	Celestino Aós Braco, OFM Cap
Website
obispadodelinares.cl

The Diocese of Linares (also known as the Diocese of San Ambrosio de Linares; Latin: Dioecesis Linarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Linares, Chile. It was established by Pope Pius XI on October 18, 1925 in his papal bull Notabiliter Aucto.

The Diocese of Linares is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile. The diocese is located in the geographical center of the country. The diocesan territory comprises two Chilean full provinces, Linares Province and Cauquenes Province, and part of a third, Talca Province, all of them in the Maule Region of Chile. Compared to other Chilean dioceses, Linares has a higher proportion of rural inhabitants. Numerous chapels have been raised particularly in rural areas. The total number of chapels in the diocese exceeds 450.^{[citation needed]}