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

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bishop.

Early life

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

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción ( la, Sanctissimae Conceptionis) 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 ( la, Temucen(sis)) 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 ...

, Chile from 1977 to 2001.Diocese of Temuco
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