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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima ( la, Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in
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which enjoys full communion with the
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. 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 Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...
on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo."Archdiocese of Lima"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima"
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dioceses are:
Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists of the whole Cal ...
, Carabayllo,
Chosica Lurigancho-Chosica is a district of Lima Province, Peru, located in the valley of the Rímac River which it shares with neighboring Chaclacayo and Ate districts. It was created on January 2, 1857. Its capital is the town of Chosica. The district ...
,
Huacho Huacho () is a city in Peru, capital of the Huaura Province and capital of the Lima Region. Also is the most populated city of the Lima Region and Norte Chico. It is located 223 feet (68 metres) above sea level and 148 km north of the city ...
, Ica, Lurín, and (Territorial Prelature)
Yauyos Yauyos is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Yauyos in the region Lima. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos The Territorial Prelature of Yauyos ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Yauyosensis) is a Roman Catho ...
. From 1999 to 2019 the
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of
Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
was
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (born 28 December 1943) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Lima from 1999 to 2019. He has been a bishop since 1988 and was made a cardinal in 2001. Early life and career Cipriani atten ...
, made Cardinal in 2001. The
Archbishop's Palace of Lima The Archbishop's Palace of Lima, the capital of Peru, is the residence of the Archbishop of Lima, and the administrative headquarters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima. It is located on the Plaza Mayor of Lima, in the Historic Centre of ...
is the headquarters of the archdiocese.


Ordinaries


Diocese of Lima

''Erected: 14 May 1541'' *
Jerónimo de Loayza Jerónimo de Loayza y González, O.P. (1498 – October 25, 1575), was a Spanish Dominican friar and missionary, who was selected as the first Archbishop of Lima. ''(in Latin)'' He established the first hospital, initiated construction o ...
, O.P. (13 May 1541 – 25 October 1575)


Archdiocese of Lima

''Elevated: 12 February 1546'' *
Diego Gómez de Lamadrid Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T. (1529 – August 15, 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Badajoz (1578–1601) and then second Archbishop of Lima (1577–1578). ''(in Latin)''O.SS.T. (27 Mar 1577 – 13 June 1578) Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz"Archbishop Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016 * St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (16 May 1579 – 23 May 1606) Died"Archbishop St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo"
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Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero (1546 – January 12, 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1607–1622) and the second Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1596–1607). ''(in Latin)''
(19 Nov 1607 – 12 January 1622) Died"Archbishop Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero"
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Gonzalo del Campo Gonzalo del Campo or Lopez de Ocampo (Died October 15, 1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1625–1627). ''(in Latin)''
(López de Ocampo) (2 Oct 1623 – 15 October 1627) Died"Archbishop Gonzalo del Campo (López de Ocampo)"
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Hernando de Arias y Ugarte Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (September 9, 1561 – January 27, 1638) was a Spanish Neogranadine Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1628–1638), Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1624–1628), Archbishop of Santafé en Nue ...
(1630 – 27 January 1638) Died"Archbishop Hernando de Arias y Ugarte"
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Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (October 8, 1589 – May 12, 1671) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1640–1671) and Bishop of Arequipa (1632–1640). ''(in Latin)''"Archbishop Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco"
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Juan de Almoguera Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (February 18, 1605 – March 2, 1676) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima (1673–1676) and Bishop of Arequipa (1659–1673). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''
, O.SS.T. (6 May 1674 – 2 March 1676) Died"Archbishop Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016 * Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (14 Jun 1677 – 28 June 1708) Died"Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016 * Antonio de Zuloaga (21 May 1714 – 21 January 1722) Died * Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (12 May 1723 – 12 March 1730) Died"Archbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016. * Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. (1732 – 28 April 1739) Died *José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos (11 Nov 1740 – 16 January 1745) Died *Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (14 Jun 1746 – 18 December 1746) Died * Pedro Antonio Barroeta y Ángel (18 Sep 1748 – 19 December 1757) Appointed, Archbishop of Granada *Diego del Corro (13 Mar 1758 – 28 January 1761) Died *Diego Antonio de Parada (25 Jan 1762 – 23 April 1779) Died *Juan Domingo González de la Reguera (18 Sep 1780 – 8 March 1805) Died *Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro (31 Mar 1806 – 6 September 1823) Died *Jorge Benavente Macoaga (23 Jun 1834 – 10 March 1839) Died *Francisco de Sales Arrieta Ortiz (13 Jul 1840 – 4 May 1843) Died *Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez (24 Apr 1845 – 4 February 1855) Died * José Manuel Pasquel Losada (28 Sep 1855 – 15 October 1857) Died *José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda (26 Sep 1859 – 19 February 1872) Died *Manuel Teodoro del Valle Seoane (29 Aug 1872 – 19 November 1872) Resigned *Francisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón (21 Mar 1873 – ?) Died *Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos (1889–1898) Died *Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (22 Aug 1898 – 25 May 1907) Died *Pedro Manuel García Naranjó (19 Dec 1907 – 10 September 1917) Died *Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. (25 Feb 1918 – 3 March 1931) Resigned *Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos (18 Sep 1933 – 17 September 1945) Died *Cardinal
Juan Guevara Juan Gualberto Guevara B.A. J.C.D. (12 July 1882 – 27 November 1954) was created on 18 February 1946 a Cardinal Priest by Pope Pius XII. He was Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Cardinal of Peru. Biography Ear ...
(16 Dec 1945 – 27 November 1954) Died *Cardinal
Juan Landázuri Ricketts Juan Landázuri Ricketts (December 19, 1913, Arequipa, Peru – January 16, 1997, Lima, Peru) was one of the most prominent Roman Catholic Churchmen during the 1960s and 1970s in Latin America. This was a period in which the Church took a strong ...
, O.F.M. (2 May 1955 – 30 December 1989) Retired *Cardinal
Augusto Vargas Alzamora Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Mi ...
, S.J. (30 Dec 1989 – 9 January 1999) Retired *Cardinal
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (born 28 December 1943) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Lima from 1999 to 2019. He has been a bishop since 1988 and was made a cardinal in 2001. Early life and career Cipriani atten ...
(9 Jan 1999 – 25 January 2019) Retired * Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio (25 January 2019 – present)


Other affiliated bishops


Coadjutor archbishop

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Juan Landázuri Ricketts Juan Landázuri Ricketts (December 19, 1913, Arequipa, Peru – January 16, 1997, Lima, Peru) was one of the most prominent Roman Catholic Churchmen during the 1960s and 1970s in Latin America. This was a period in which the Church took a strong ...
, O.F.M. (1952–1955); future Cardinal


Auxiliary bishops

° Antonio Vigo, O. de M. (1664–1666), did not take effect * Blasius de Aguinaga (1669), did not take effect * Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. (1677–1679), appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina * Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza (1702–1724)"Bishop Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016 * Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Auñón (1724–1731), appointed Bishop of Panamá * Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano (1738–1745), appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) * Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez (1836–1845), appointed Archbishop here * José Manuel Pasquel y Losada (1848–1855), appointed Archbishop here * Francisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón, C.O. (1855–1859), appointed Bishop of Trujillo (later returned here as Archbishop) * Pedro José Tordoya Montoya (1860–1875), appointed Bishop of Cuzco *
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(1865–1883) * Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos (1879–1889), appointed Archbishop here * José María Carpenter Aponte (1891–1905) * Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (1891–1898), appointed Archbishop here * Julian Cáceres Negrón (1901–1904) * Segundo Ballón Manrique (1909–1923) * José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. (1917–1924) * Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1943–1945), appointed Bishop of Huancayo * Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. (1946–1952), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Piura * Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi (1956–1973) * José Antonio Dammert Bellido (1958–1962), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca * Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero (1961–1969) * Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. (1967–1978), appointed Prelate of Chimbote * Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, M.S.C. (1970–1990) *
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(1973–1990), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Piura *
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(1978–2001) * Alfredo Noriega Arce, S.J. (1980–1993) *
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, O.P. (1980–1995) * Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins (1982–1991), appointed Bishop of Tacna *
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, O.F.M. (1988–1996), appointed Bishop of Peru, Military * Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. (1991–1999) *
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, M.S.C. (1992–1997), appointed Bishop of Chosica * José Antonio Eguren Anselmi, S.C.V. (2002–2006), appointed Archbishop of Piura * Carlos Enrique García Camader (2002–2006), appointed Bishop of Lurín * Adriano Tomasi Travaglia, O.F.M. (2002–2019) *
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(2009–2012), appointed Bishop of Peru, Military * Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe (2009–2019), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa * Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares (2019-) * Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez (2019-)


Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Diego Montero del Aguila, appointed Bishop of Concepción, Chile in 1708 * Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa in 1770 * José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1815; did not take effect * Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1818 * Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1838; did not take effect * Agustín Guillermo Charún Espinoza, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1853 * Bartolomé Manuel Herrera Vélez, appointed Bishop of Arequipa in 1859 * Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1865 * José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1865 * Juan José de Polo Valenzuela, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1875 * Manuel Santiago Medina y Bañon, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1889 * Ismaele Puirredón, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1889 * Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga, appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1893 * Carlos Garcia Irigoyen, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1910 *
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, appointed Bishop of Peru, Military in 2001 * Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (priest here, 1989–1996), appointed Bishop of Chulucanas in 2020


References

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Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
* 1541 establishments in the Spanish Empire Religious organizations established in the 1540s
Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...