The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo ( la, Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in

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's western Amazonian

Junín Region Junín may refer to: Places Argentina *Junín Partido ** Junín, Buenos Aires *** Junín Airport * Junín Department, Mendoza ** Junín, Mendoza * Junín Department, San Luis *Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Colombia *Junín, Cundinamarca *Jun� ...

. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of

Huancayo Huancayo (; in qu, label=Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. Location Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. Si ...

History

* Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the

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 associat ...

* 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 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa ( la, Arequipensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru.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 Ordinary of Peru * Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (1985-1991) * José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (1995-2003), appointed

Archbishop of Arequipa The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa ( la, Arequipensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru.Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (; born 12 February 1944) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Huancayo since 2004 and a cardinal since 2018. Biography Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1944 and ente ...

, S.J. (2004–present)

Auxiliary bishop

Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewher ...

, O.M.I. (2016-)

Ecclesiastical province

Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two suffragan dioceses *

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 a ...

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