Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia (27 April 1926 – 5 January 2019) was a Chilean

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bishop. Contreras Navia was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He served as bishop of the

Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud (in Latin: ''Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Anduciae'') is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Puerto Montt, in Chile. Its current bishop is Mgr. Juan María Florindo Agurto Muñoz. The retired (em ...

, Chile, from 1966 to 1974 and as auxiliary bishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción () is an archdiocese located in the city of Concepción in Chile.

, Chile. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco The Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco () is the ecclesiastical circumscription of the Catholic Church that, with its seat in Temuco, shares the ecclesiastical government of the territory of Araucanía Region (Chile) together with the Diocese of V ...

, Chile from 1977 to 2001.

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