The Diocese of Abancay is a

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. It was erected on April 28, 1958 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco with Alcides Mendoza Castro being made its first bishop. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province to the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuzco. Gilberto Gómez González has been the bishop of the diocese since 2009.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Alcides Mendoza Castro (1962–1967), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Peru, Military * Enrique Pélach y Feliú (1968–1992) * Isidro Sala Ribera (1992–2009) * Gilberto Gómez González (2009– )

Coadjutor bishop

*Isidro Sala Ribera (1990-1992)

Auxiliary bishops

*Alcides Mendoza Castro (1958-1962), appointed Bishop here *Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (1983-1986), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco *Isidro Sala Ribera (1986-1990), appointed Coadjutor here *Gilberto Gómez González (2001-2009), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

*Gabino Miranda Melgarejo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 2004

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