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The Territorial Prelature of Chota () is a
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
territorial prelature A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
, an administrative division not within a diocese, located in the city of Chota in the
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of
Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru, located north of the Sechura Desert along the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017 and it is the 7th most populous city in Peru. ...
in Peru.


History

*7 April 1963: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chota


Ordinaries

Prelates of Chota (Roman rite) * Bishop Florentino Armas Lerena,
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(April 7, 1963 – August 17, 1976) * Bishop José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. (January 24, 1979 – October 27, 1992) * Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (December 7, 1993 – March 27, 2002), appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas * Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (March 27, 2002 – October 12, 2004), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca * Bishop Fortunato Urcey, O.A.R. (October 15, 2005 – July 2, 2022) * Bishop Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R. (July 2, 2022 – present)


References


GCatholic.org


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