Sergio Pérez de Arce

Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arraigada, SS.CC. (born 26 August 1963) is a Chilean Catholic prelate and a professed member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary or The Picpus Father. He has been Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción since May 2024. He was the Bishop of diocese of San Bartolomé de Chilián since 2020. He previously worked as apostolic administrator of the same diocese since 2018. He previously became delegate for receiving reports of abuse in the Chilean SS.CC. province secretary of the Episcopal Conference.

Biography Don. Sergio Hernán Pérez de Arce Arraigada was born in Concepción, Chile on 26 August 1963. He took his solemn oath as a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (the "Picpus Fathers") in 1982. He was ordained a priest of the same congregation in Valparaíso in December 1990. After his ordination, he attained the licentiate degree in theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. From 2005 to 2011 he served as provincial superior. From 2011 to 2014 he became a president of the Conference of Religious of Chile and member of the National Council for the prevention of abuse and the accompaniment of victims. In February 2020, Pope Francis appointed him as Bishop of diocese of San Bartolomé de Chilián. He receive his episcopal consecration on 11 July. Pope Francis appointed him as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción on 16 May 2024. He has been a secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of Chile since 2021.