Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa

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Archdiocese of Arequipa Archidioecesis Arequipensis Arquidiócese de Arequipa
Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area	26,306 km2 (10,157 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 952,000 857,000 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Santa María
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
www.arzobispadoarequipa.org.pe

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa (Latin: Arequipensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru.^[1][2] It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Phillip II of Spain.^[3]

History[]

• 15 April 1577: Established as Diocese of Arequipa from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima
• 23 May 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa

Ordinaries[]

Diocese of Arequipa[]

Erected: 15 April 1577
Latin Name: Arequipensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lima

• Antonio de Hervias, O.P. (15 Apr 1577 – 9 Jan 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala)^[4]
• Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Juárez), O.P. (16 Jan 1612 – 4 Nov 1613 Died),^[5] Archbishop (personal title)
• Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (16 Sep 1615 – 19 Dec 1615 Died)^[6]
• (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. (4 Sep 1617 – 1631 Died)
• Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (2 Aug 1632 – 16 Jul 1640 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)^[7]
• Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (19 Nov 1640 – 21 Oct 1647 Appointed, Bishop of Quito, Ecuador)^[8]
• Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor (26 Dec 1647 – 27 Nov 1651 Appointed, Bishop of Cuzco)^[9]
• Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. (11 Dec 1651 – 27 Jan 1659 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia)^[10]
• Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (17 Feb 1659 – 27 Nov 1673 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)^[11]
• Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M. (1 Oct 1674 – 15 Feb 1676 Died)^[12]
• Antonio de León y Becerra (14 Jun 1677 – 28 Aug 1708 Died)^[13]
• Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A. (21 Mar 1711 – 23 Jan 1712 Died)^[14]
• (19 Nov 1714 – 1722 Died)
• Juan Cavero de Toledo (11 Jun 1725 – 20 Mar 1741 Died)
• Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa (28 Jan 1743 – 22 May 1752 Died)
• Juan González Melgarejo (26 Nov 1753 – 6 Mar 1754 Died)
• Jacinto Aguado y Chacón (17 Feb 1755 – 18 Jul 1763 Appointed, Bishop of Osma, Spain)
• Diego Salguero de Cabrera (18 Jul 1763 – 2 Dec 1769 Died)
• Manuel de Abad e Illanar, O. Praem. (17 Jun 1771 – 1 Feb 1780 Died)
• Miguel de Pamplona González Bassecourt, O.F.M. Cap. (10 Dec 1781 – 10 Dec 1784 Resigned)
• Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa (18 Dec 1786 – 9 May 1805 Resigned)
• Luis La Encina Díaz y Pereiro (9 Sep 1805 – 16 Jan 1816 Died)
• José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda (14 Apr 1817 – 26 Sep 1859 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
• Bartolomé Manuel Herrera Vélez (26 Sep 1859 – 10 Aug 1864 Died)
• Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. (27 Mar 1865 – 26 Jun 1867 Died)
• José Benedicto Torres Romero (22 Jun 1868 – 8 Jan 1880 Died)
• Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván (20 Aug 1880 – 27 Jun 1897 Died)
• Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique (24 Aug 1898 – 1906 Resigned)
• Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. (1 Jun 1906 – 24 Dec 1945 Died)

Archdiocese of Arequipa[]

Elevated: 23 May 1943

• Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (13 Jun 1946 – 26 Sep 1980 Resigned)
• Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. (26 Sep 1980 – 2 Mar 1996 Retired)
• Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (2 Mar 1996 – 29 Nov 2003 Retired)
• José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (29 Nov 2003 – 21 Oct 2006 Resigned)
• Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (21 Oct 2006 – )

Other affiliated bishops[]

Coadjutor bishops[]

• (1896-1898)
• (2006)

Auxiliary bishops[]

• (1770-1771), appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
• , O. de M. (1866), never consecrated
• (1945-1946), appointed Bishop of Huancayo
• (1968-1976)
• , M.F.S.C. (1969-1980), appointed Prelate of Tarma
• , O.P. (1980-1984), appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba
• (2019-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• , appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1841
• , appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1864
• , appointed Bishop of Puno in 1875
• (priest here, 1894–1898), appointed Bishop of Puno in 1909
• , appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1940
• , appointed Prelate of Sicuani in 2013

Suffragan dioceses[]

• Diocese of Puno
• Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
• Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri
• Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba
• Territorial Prelature of Juli
• Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

References[]

Coordinates: 16°23′S 71°32′W / 16.383°S 71.533°W / -16.383; -71.533