Araucania, Prefecture Apostolic orf, in Chile, established by Leo XIII in 1901, and confided to the Capuchins. It has twenty-eight missionaries.
BATTANDIER, Ann. Pont. Cath. (Paris, 1906), 343.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Prefecture Apostolic of Araucania
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Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)
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Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907. Public domain.