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Catholic Church In Peru
The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. Catholics compose an estimated 74% of Peru's population. It has produced two famous saints of the "new world": St. Rose of Lima and St. Martin de Porres. The Peruvian Catholic Church is divided into dioceses and archdioceses: Demographics Catholicism has been decreasing for many decades. According to the different census, in 1940, 98.5% of the peruvian population adhered to catholicism, decreasing to 94,6% in 1981 and to 81,3% in 2007. Province of Arequipa *Archdiocese of Arequipa * Diocese of Puno * Diocese of Tacna * Prelature of Ayaviri * Prelature of Chuquibamba * Prelature of Juli * Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané Province of Ayacucho * Archdiocese of Ayacucho * Diocese of Huancavelica * Prelature of Caraveli Province of Cusco * Archdiocese of Cusco *Diocese of Abancay *Prelature of Chiq ...
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Diocese Of Huancavelica
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huancavelica ( la, Huancavelicensis) is a diocese located in the city of Huancavélica in the Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho in Peru. History On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established as Diocese of Huancavelica from the Diocese of Ayacucho. Bishops Ordinaries *Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. (6 July 1945 – 28 June 1948), appointed Bishop of Puno *Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.Ss.R. (13 January 1949 – 7 February 1954), appointed Bishop of Peru, Military *Florencio Coronado Romani, C.Ss.R. (1 March 1956 – 14 January 1982) *William Dermott Molloy McDermott (14 January 1982 – 18 June 2005) *Isidro Barrio Barrio (18 June 2005 – 21 May 2021) *Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (21 May 2021 – present) Coadjutor bishop *Isidro Barrio Barrio (2002-2005) Auxiliary bishop *William Dermott Molloy McDermott (1976–1982), appointed Bishop here See also *Roman Catholicism in Peru The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the wo ...
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Diocese Of Huacho
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huacho ( la, Huachen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Huacho in the Ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru. History *15 May 1958: Established as Diocese of Huacho from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima Ordinaries *Nemesio Rivera Meza (15 May 1958 – 28 January 1960), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca *Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. (28 January 1960 – 19 December 1966) * Lorenzo León Alvarado (3 August 1967 – 22 April 2003) *Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.I. (since 4 February 2004) See also *Roman Catholicism in Peru The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. Catholics compose an estimated 74% of Peru's population. It has produced ... Sources GCatholic.org Diocese website Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Lima Christian organizations established in ...
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Diocese Of Chosica
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chosica ( la, Chosicana) is a diocese located in the city of Chosica in the Ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru. History * January 11, 1997: Established as Diocese of Chosica from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima Bishops Ordinaries *Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, M.S.C. (since January 11, 1997) Auxiliary bishop *Arthur Joseph Colgan, C.S.C. (2015-) See also *Roman Catholicism in Peru The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. Catholics compose an estimated 74% of Peru's population. It has produced ... References Sources GCatholic.org Diocese website Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Lima Christian organizations established in 1997 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Peru-RC-diocese-stub ...
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Diocese Of Carabayllo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carabayllo ( la, Carabaillen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Carabayllo within the ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru. History *14 December 1996: Established as Diocese of Carabayllo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima Bishops Ordinaries * , O.F.M. Cap. (December 14, 1996 - April 20, 2022) * , O.F.M. (since April 20, 2022) Other priest of this diocese who became bishop * Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares, auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Lima (2019–) See also *Roman Catholicism in Peru The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. Catholics compose an estimated 74% of Peru's population. It has produced ... Sources GCatholic.org Diocese website Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Lima Christian organizations established in 1996 Roman Cath ...
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Diocese Of Callao
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Callao ( la, Callaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Callao in the Ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru. History *29 April 1967: Established as Diocese of Callao from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco Bishops Ordinaries *Eduardo Picher Peña (3 August 1967 – 31 May 1971), appointed Archbishop of Huancayo *Luis Vallejos Santoni (20 September 1971 – 14 January 1975), appointed Archbishop of Cuzco *Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. (14 January 1975 – 17 August 1995), Archbishop (personal title) *Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P. (17 August 1995 - 12 December 2011) * José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel (12 December 2011 - 15 April 2020) *Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I (17 April 2021 - present) Coadjutor bishop * Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. (1989-1995) Auxiliary bishop * Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (2004-2006), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Arequipa See also *Roman Catholicism in Peru The Catholic Church in Peru is par ...
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Archdiocese Of Lima
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima ( la, Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo."Archdiocese of Lima"
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Diocese Of Tarma
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarma ( la, Tarmensis) is a diocese located in the city of Tarma in the Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo in Peru. History *15 May 1958: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tarma from the Diocese of Huancayo and Diocese of Huánuco *21 December 1985: Promoted as Diocese of Tarma Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Bishops of Tarma (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (2022.06.18 – ...) ** Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I. (2016.10.25 – 2021.04.17), appointed Bishop of Callao ** Bishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia (2001.06.13 – 2014.10.28), appointed Archbishop of Cuzco ** Bishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (1992.11.21 – 2001.06.13), appointed Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga ** Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. (1985.12.21 – 1988.11.29); ''see below'' * Prelates of Tarma (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. (1980.09.19 – 1985.12.21); ' ...
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Diocese Of Huánuco
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts was ...
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Archdiocese Of Huancayo
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo ( la, Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's western Amazonian Junín Region. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of Huancayo. History * Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Huánuco * Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma * 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo Bishops Ordinaries ;''Bishops of Huancayo'' * Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1945-1946), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa * Daniel Figueroa Villón (1946-1956), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo * Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1956-1966); ''see below'' ;''Archbishops of Huancayo'' * Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1966-1971); ''see above'' * Eduardo Picher Peña (1971-1984), appointed Military Vicar and later Military Ordina ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Sicuani
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani ( la, Dioecesis Sicuanensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Sicuani in the Ecclesiastical province of Cusco in Peru. History On 10 January 1959, the Territorial Prelature of Sicuani was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco. It was elevated to the status of diocese on September 29, 2020. Ordinaries * Prelates of Sicuani (Latin Church) ** Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. (January 10, 1959 – November 7, 1970) **Alban Quinn, O. Carm. (July 12, 1971 – July 1999), Apostolic Administrator, and not consecrated bishop **Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. (July 26, 1999 – July 10, 2013) **Pedro Alberto Bustamante López Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ... (10 July 10, 2013 – 29 September 2020 ''see ...
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Prelature Of Chiquibambilla
The Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambillensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Chuquibambilla in the Ecclesiastical province of Cuzco in Peru. History * On April 26, 1968, the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla was established from the Diocese of Abancay The Diocese of Abancay is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Peru. It was erected on April 28, 1958 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco with Alcides Mendoza Castro being made its first bish ... Ordinaries * Prelates of Chuquibambilla (Roman rite) **Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. (August 12, 1976 – July 16, 1986) **Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A. (March 29, 1989 – April 24, 2018) **Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. (April 24, 2018 – December 7, 2019), Apostolic Administrator; (December 7, 2019 – present) References GCatholic.org Roman Catholic dioceses in ...
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